Electra (Euripides play)
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the play by Euripides. For other uses, see Electra (disambiguation).
Euripides' Electra (Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra) is a play probably written in the mid 410s BC, likely before 413 BC. It is unclear whether it was first produced before or after Sophocles' version of the Electra story.
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Electra | |
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Written by | Euripides |
Chorus | Argive women |
Characters | Farmer, husband of Electra Electra Orestes Old servant Messenger Clytemnestra Castor |
Mute | Pylades Polydeuces Servants |
Place premiered | City Dionysia |
Original language | Ancient Greek |
Genre | Tragedy |
Setting | Argos, at the house of Electra's husband |
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