Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (3)

• Chrysothemis (Sophocles’ *Electra*)
  Heroes — Atreid / Oresteia (Electra’s sister) · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Electra* (foil sister)
• 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)

Characters in shared stories

• Aegisthus
• Agamemnon
• Castor and Polydeuces
• Chrysothemis
• Electra
• Old Tutor
• Orestes
• Peasant Farmer
• Priam’s daughter
• Pylades
• Thyestes