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Electra, in Greek legend, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who saved the life of her young brother Orestes by sending him away when their father was murdered. When he later returned, she helped him to slay their mother and their mother’s lover, Aegisthus. Electra then married Orestes’.
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Electra, in Greek mythology, was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sister of Orestes, Chrysotemis and Iphigenia. She is the main character in a play of the same name by Sophocles and another by Euripides, in addition to the parody by Aeschylus.
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“Electra“ (Gr: “Elektra“ ) is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides. It tells the tale of Electra and her brother, Orestes, as they take their revenge on their mother, Clytemnestra, for her murder of their father, Agamemnon.
Mar 30, 2020 · Electra is a Greek tragedy written by the playwright Euripides c. 420 BCE. It retells the classic myth concerning the plotting of Electra and her brother Orestes to kill their mother and her lover...
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Jan 22, 2020 · The earliest Greek language records her family, so Elektra has been around “for as long as the Greek’s have been writing,” says Hart. Her family is one of the major families of Greek epics. Elektra became immortalized through Libation Bearers, the second play of The Oresteia by Aeschylus. The trilogy was first put on stage in 458 BC at ...
