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Sophocles ' classic tragedy Electra , set in Argos a few years after the Trojan War, recounts the struggle for justice by Electra and her brother Orestes after the murder of their father Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and their stepfather Aegisthus. Electra's journey of revenge and... Read Full Overview

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. This edition also includes an "afterlife" essay that discusses adaptations of the play, as... Read Full Overview

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning... Read Full Overview

Among the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Elektra is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg.

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In this edition of Sophocles' Electra, one of the greatest tragedies in Greek or any literature, Mr Kells presents the play as a study in revenge, but in a subtle way whose meaning depends upon the continuous use of dramatic irony. He relates the confrontations of principle and... Read Full Overview

The classic drama of a daughter's revenge of her father's murder, in a brilliant new translation for modern audiences. Plays for Performance Series.

When a young Electra's father is murdered by her mother, her world changes irrevocably. Ten years on, bound by grief and unwilling to forgive, Electra surrenders to an all-consuming desire for revenge that propels her towards a bloody and terrifying conclusion. This is a haunting... Read Full Overview

The Sophoclean classic: When King Agamemnon returns from the Trojan War with his new concubine Cassandra his wife Clytemnestra (who has taken Agamemnons cousin Aegisthus as a lover) kills them. Clytemnestra believes the murder was justified since Agamemnon had sacrificed their... Read Full Overview

Den Mythos davon, dass Orestes und Elektra f r ihren get teten Vater Agamemnon Rache nehmen und seine M rderin, ihre eigene Mutter Klytaimestra, umbringen, haben die drei ber hmtesten attischen Tragiker - Aischylos, Sophokles und Euripides - auf die B hne gebracht. Sophokles... Read Full Overview

This critical edition of Ezra Pound's Elektra marks the most significant appearance in twenty years of a "new" work by the controversial poet. Composed in the early months of 1949, while Pound was under indictment for treason and hospitalized by court order in Washington, D.C.,... Read Full Overview

Los hermanos Electra y Orestes, hijos de Agamen n, vengan la muerte de este en su propia madre Clitemnestra. La movilidad y la variedad de los acontecimientos producen una serie de reacciones en Electra que perfilan su dolorosa personalidad. La obra de S focles se ha convertido... Read Full Overview

The Drama Classic edition of Sophocles' version of the Electra myth.

Al regresar de la Guerra de Troya, Agamen n es recibido en Micenas por su esposa Clitemnestra quien lo asesina de forma ignominiosa. Castigaba de este modo a su marido por haberse atrevido a sacrificar a la hija de ambos Ifigenia, a fin de que la flota griega pudiera partir rumbo... Read Full Overview

King Agamemnon is long dead and his murderers rule at Argos. His son Orestes returns from exile to kill themuhis own mother Clytemnestra and her seducer Aegisthus. Thus he will release his sister Electra from oppression and reclaim his home and kingdom.

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King Agamemnon is long dead and his murderers rule at Argos. His son Orestes returns from exile to kill themuhis own mother Clytemnestra and her seducer Aegisthus. Thus he will release his sister Electra from oppression and reclaim his home and kingdom.

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A Queen masterminds the murder of her Husband and takes the throne with her new lover. Her Daughter, Electra, grows up in the grip of a cruel regime, swearing revenge. Her Son Orestes, exiled as a boy and raised in the arms of the rebels, waits to embark on a holy mission to... Read Full Overview

Tragedia de S?focles de fecha incierta pero muy probablemente representada entre el 418 y el 410 a. C. Se discute si segu?a o preced?a a la Electra de Eur?pides, que tal vez sea del a?o 417.