Euripides' Elektra by Euripides

"Euripides' Elektra" by Euripides is a tragedy written in the mid-410s BC. Years after Clytemnestra murders her husband Agamemnon, their daughter Electra lives in exile, married off to a peasant farmer. When her brother Orestes returns in disguise, the siblings reunite and plot revenge against their mother and her lover Aegisthus. This version challenges traditional notions of heroism and morality, questioning whether vengeance justifies matricide and exploring the dark consequences of violent justice. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Euripides, 481? BCE-407 BCE
Translator Sjöström, Axel Gabriel, 1794-1846
Title Euripides' Elektra
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra_(Euripides_play)
Credits Produced by Jari Koivisto
Reading Level Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language Swedish
LoC Class PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Subject Electra (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama
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EBook-No. 56715
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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