Characters in the Play

Name: Electra - Characters in the Play
Author: Sophocles

Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

Electra } sister of Orestes

Chrysothemis} " " "

An Old Man, formerly the Paedagogus or Attendant of Orestes

Clytemnestra

Aegisthus

Chorus of Women of Mycenae

Mute Persons:

Pylades, son of Strophius, King of Crisa, the friend of Orestes.

A handmaid of Clytemnestra. Two attendants of Orestes

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Chicago: Sophocles, "Characters in the Play," Electra, trans. R. C. Jebb Original Sources, accessed June 16, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D9U9QF5XXUQRJ76.

MLA: Sophocles. "Characters in the Play." Electra, translted by R. C. Jebb, Original Sources. 16 Jun. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D9U9QF5XXUQRJ76.

Harvard: Sophocles, 'Characters in the Play' in Electra, trans. . Original Sources, retrieved 16 June 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D9U9QF5XXUQRJ76.