This is the only episode from Greek legend treated in surviving plays by all three of the great Athenian tragedians of the fifth century B.C. - Aeschylus in his Libation-bearers (part of the Oresteia trilogy), Sophocles and Euripides each ...
Electra: Medea
Bringing new life to this important work, renowned poet Anne Carson and distinguished classicist Michael Shaw flesh out all the suspense and horror that make "Electra" a classic of Greek tragedy.
This is an English translation of Sophocles’ tragedy of Electra, and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother and step father for the murder of their father.
Locked into a bloody cycle of murder and reprisal, Electra, haunted by her father's assassination, is consumed by grief and a thirst for vengeance.
Sophocles presents this story as a savage though necessary act of vengeance, vividly depicting Electra's grief, anger, and exultation.
One of the most well-known tragedies by Euripides, Electra brings to life the story of siblings driven to matricide to avenge their father’s death.
Shakespeare's Hamlet--written 1,000 years after the classical Greek period--follows a narrative pattern similar to that of the Greek Electra myth, and it isn't the only story to do so.
The man Electra is married to, however, is kind to her and has taken advantage of neither her family name nor her virginity. In return, Electra helps the peasant with household chores.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This classic of Greek tragedy revolves around Electra and her brother Orestes, who together take revenge on their mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus, for the murder of their father...
The volume contains a critical introduction, commentary on the text, full stage directions and a glossary of the mythical and geographical references used in the play.
Después de matar a su marido, Agamenón, Clitemestra entrega su hija Electra a un campesino para evitar que tenga ella descendencia noble con derecho a reclamar el trono. ... Al final, Electra es obligada a casarse con Pílades.
Electra, la hija menor de Clitemnestra y Agamenón, solo desea que su amado padre regrese a casa de la guerra. Pero ¿podrá escapar de la historia sangrienta de su familia o también su destino está unido a la violencia?
... Elektra, the unmated, has dedicated her life to the spirit of her father in a way that a Christian nun dedicates herself to Christ. She is the virgin-priestess that we had met in Aeschylus' play and, as such, she is endowed with powers ...