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| Part | Summary |
|---|---|
| Prologos | The play begins several years after Agamemnon's murder and the end of the Trojan War. Agamemnon is buried in Argos. As t... Read More |
| Parodos | The chorus members, slave women working at the Argos royal palace, have been sent to take "libations for the dead." They... Read More |
| Episode 1 | Electra asks the Chorus what she should say to pay tribute to her father as she pours libations. She's not strong enough... Read More |
| Stasimon 1 | The Chorus describes horrors found in nature. They fear "monsters" in the sea, "fiery lights" in the sky, and storms. Bu... Read More |
| Episode 2 | Orestes, in disguise, knocks on the door of the Argos royal palace with Pylades. After he knocks three times, a servant ... Read More |
| Stasimon 2 | The chorus asks Zeus to restore the house of Atreus and deliver justice. They compare Orestes to an "orphan colt" and im... Read More |
| Episode 3 | Aegisthus enters from inside the palace. He's been told travelers have come with the news of Orestes's death—one more bu... Read More |
| Stasimon 3 | The Chorus Leader grieves the deaths of Clytaemnestra and Aegisthus, but she's glad Orestes, the longsuffering hope of t... Read More |
| Exodos | The palace doors open again. Orestes and Pylades stand beside the dead bodies of Clytaemnestra and Aegisthus. Attendants... Read More |
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