Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Electra: Recognition and Revenge (Sophocles)
  Trojan — Nostoi / Oresteia · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Electra* (vs. Aeschylean *Choephoroi* recognition)
• Electra (Euripides)
  Trojan — Nostoi / Oresteia · Attic tragic — Euripides *Electra* (vs. Sophocles 057 and Aeschylus 056)

Places appearing with them

• Aegisthus’s sacrificial grounds
• Agamemnon’s tomb
• Argive countryside
• Mount Helicon
• Mycenae

Themes

• Birth
• Exile
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice