Electra By Euripides. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. ———————————————————————-. Dramatis Personae. A PEASANT OF MYCENAE, husband of ELECTRA. ELECTRA, daughter of Agamemnon. ORESTES, son of Agamemnon. The Greek tragedy “Electra” was written by Euripides in B.C. There is a work with the same name by Sophocles but it was never determined which one was written first. The plot happened even before the Trojan war. Agamemnon decided, under the influence of . O Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, to thy rustic cot I come, for a messenger hath arrived, a highlander from Mycenae, one who lives on milk, announcing that the Argives are proclaiming a sacrifice for the third day from now, and all our maidens are to go to Hera's temple. ELECTRA.
Euripides' "Elektra" - first produced circa BCE. Translated by G. Theodoridis. Sophocles won more competitive festivals than any of his contemporaries, including both Aeschylus and Euripides, another prominent ancient Greek tragedian. Sophocles is credited with writing over plays, although only seven of those plays have survived antiquity, including Electra, which was written near the end of his career, Antigone. Electra. Author: Euripides. The Greek tragedy "Electra" was written by Euripides in B.C. There is a work with the same name by Sophocles but it was never determined which one was written first. The plot happened even before the Trojan war. Agamemnon decided, under the influence of goddess Artemis, to sacrifice his daughter Iphigeneia.
The Greek tragedy “Electra” was written by Euripides in B.C. There is a work with the same name by Sophocles but it was never determined which one was written first. The plot happened even before the Trojan war. Agamemnon decided, under the influence of goddess Artemis, to sacrifice his daughter Iphigeneia. Electra. First produced in the mids, Euripides’ Electra is an intertextual (and, thus, rather anti-tragical) parody of previous versions and dramatizations of the same myth. Set in a peaceful, rustic environment, the play is introduced by a rare guest in Ancient tragedy, an ordinary farmer, who, quite extraordinarily, describes himself as the unwilling husband of none other than Electra. Electra By Euripides. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. ———————————————————————-. Dramatis Personae. A PEASANT OF MYCENAE, husband of ELECTRA. ELECTRA, daughter of Agamemnon. ORESTES, son of Agamemnon.
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