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Electra, EPUB eBook

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Euripides' Electra is a play probably written in the mid 410s BC, likely before 413 BC.

It is unclear whether it was first produced before or after Sophocles' version of the Electra story.

The play begins with the introduction of Electra, the daughter of Clytemnestra and the late Agamemnon.

Several years after Agamemnon's death suitors began requesting Electra's hand in marriage.

Out of fear that Electra's child might seek revenge, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus married her off to a peasant of Mycenae.

The peasant is kind to her and has respected her family name and her virginity.

In return for his kindness, Electra helps her husband with the household chores.

Despite her appreciation for her husband's kindness, Electra resents being cast out of her house and laments to the Chorus about her struggles with her drastic change in social status.

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