A retelling of Sophocles · 413 BC

Electra

“Years after her father Agamemnon was murdered by her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus, Electra lives in the palace of Mycenae like a servant, mourning and raging, waiting for her brother Orestes to come home and take revenge. Then a messenger brings news that Orestes is dead.”

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Contents5 episodes · ~16 min

  1. 1The Return (Prologue and Entry of the Chorus)Free
  2. 2The Sisters and the Mother (First and Second Episodes)🔒
  3. 3The False News (Third Episode)🔒
  4. 4The Urn (Fourth Episode)🔒
  5. 5Vengeance (Exodos)🔒