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Electra and Other Plays

by Euripides

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This Euripides collection uses familiar heroic houses to examine vengeance, grief, divine pressure and public judgement. Electra revisits the murder of Agamemnon and the revenge of Orestes and Electra, while the other plays in the volume place damaged families and captive women in the aftermath of war. It is useful for readers tracing how Euripides reworks the Trojan and Argive myth cycles rather than for a single historical battle narrative.

Historical periods

Ancient Greece Classical Greece Athens Athenian Democracy Ancient World Greek Mythology and Heroic Legend Athenian Tragedy and the City Dionysia Trojan War Epic Tradition

Genres

Classical Literature Mythological Fiction

Historical people

Agamemnon Electra Orestes Euripidesc. 480s BCE–c. 400s BCE

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