num_pages: 66
description: The Sophoclean classic: When King Agamemnon returns from the Trojan War with his new concubine, Cassandra, his wife Clytemnestra (who has taken Agamemnons cousin Aegisthus as a lover) kills them. Clytemnestra believes the murder was justified, since Agamemnon had sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia before the war, as commanded by the gods. Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, rescued her young, twin brother Orestes from her mother by sending him to Strophius of Phocis. The play begins years later when Orestes has returned as a grown man with a plot for revenge, as well as to claim the throne.
language: English
title: Electra: A New Version
titlecomplete: Electra: A New Version
characters: Chrysothemis, Aegisthus, Clytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon), Orestes, Electra
genres: Literature, Classics, Mythology, Drama, Ancient, Tragedy, Plays, Fiction, Poetry, Theatre
ratings_count: 12426
places: Greece
publisher: Samuel French, Inc.