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Drama

Electra

With Francis Storr

Translated by Francis Storr

Sophocles’ Electra is a tragedy that follows Electra, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, as she seeks revenge for her father’s murder at the hands of her mother and her mother’s lover Aegisthus. Mourning her father’s death, Electra yearns for justice and the return of her brother, Orestes, who has been exiled.

First published
1588
Length
12,379 words
Reading time
About 52 min
Language
English (UK)

About the book

Sophocles’ Electra is a tragedy that follows Electra, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, as she seeks revenge for her father’s murder at the hands of her mother and her mother’s lover Aegisthus. Mourning her father’s death, Electra yearns for justice and the return of her brother, Orestes, who has been exiled. When Orestes returns, the siblings plot and carry out the murders of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, fulfilling their desire for vengeance. The play explores Electra’s conflicting feelings of triumph and horror at the matricide.

the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 12,379 words arranged in 5 navigable sections.

The source metadata identifies Annotator: Francis Storr; Translator: Francis Storr.

About the author

Sophocles

Sophocles (496 BCE–406 BCE) was an ancient Greek playwright.

Their work included tragedy writer, playwright, writer, priest, politician, and philosopher. Sophocles also worked in Ancient Greek. The Read4Max catalog currently includes Ajax, Antigone, Electra, Oedipus at Colonus, Oedipus Rex, and Philoctetes under Sophocles's authorship.

Contributors

Annotator

Francis Storr

Translator

Francis Storr

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Themes and ideas

  • Tragedies
  • Electra (Mythological character)
  • Greek drama (Tragedy)

Table of contents

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  1. Argument
  2. Dramatis Personae
  3. Electra
  4. Electra
  5. Endnotes