CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY

Name: Orestes - Characters in the Play
Author: Euripides

Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

Helen, wife of Menelaus

Chorus of Argive Maidens

Orestes, brother of Electra

Menelaus, brother of Agamemnon; King of Argos

Pylades, friend of Orestes

Messenger, formerly servant of Agamemnon

Hermione, daughter of Menelaus and Helen

A Phrygian Eunuch, in Helen’s retinue

Apollo

Tyndareus, father of Clytemnestra

Attendants

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Chicago: Euripides, "Characters in the Play," Orestes, trans. E. P. Coleridge Original Sources, accessed June 16, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=STGXZPTFQ8L4FVF.

MLA: Euripides. "Characters in the Play." Orestes, translted by E. P. Coleridge, Original Sources. 16 Jun. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=STGXZPTFQ8L4FVF.

Harvard: Euripides, 'Characters in the Play' in Orestes, trans. . Original Sources, retrieved 16 June 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=STGXZPTFQ8L4FVF.