The first chorus in this play describes the images on the armor and shield of Achilles, and is often called the "Achilles ode."
The first chorus in this play describes the images on the armor and shield of Achilles, and is often called the "Achilles ode." In a mock-heroic allusion to the scene in the Odyssey where Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus, one character in this play is revealed to have a scar on his forehead from chasing a doe. The protagonist of this play parodies an earlier work on the same subject by mocking the idea of recognizing a family member by a footprint, a piece of clothing, or a lock of his hair. This play's main character tells her (*) mother that she has had a son, even though she is married to a peasant from Mycenae who has respected her desire to remain chaste. At the end of this play, the Dioscuri appear and tell two characters to atone for their crime of pushing a sword down a woman's throat. Its basic plot is similar to The Libation Bearers, as both begin with the title character reuniting with a friend of Pylades and vowing revenge. For 10 points, name this Euripides play in which Aegistheus and Clytemnestra are murdered by Orestes and the title woman.
The first chorus in this play describes the images on the armor and shield of Achilles, and is often called the "Achilles ode."
Electra