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The Return of Orestes
Orestes comes back to Argos after years in exile, sent away as a child after his father Agamemnon was murdered. He arrives at Agamemnon's tomb with his friend Pylades and leaves a…
The Kommos and the Plot
The kommos is a long, formal lamentation shared between Orestes, Electra, and the Chorus of slave women at Agamemnon's tomb.
The Deception and the Murder
Orestes and Pylades arrive at the palace door pretending to be foreign travelers with news that Orestes is dead. Clytemnestra receives them and sends for Aegisthus.
The Aftermath and the Furies
Orestes stands over the bodies of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus and tries to justify what he has done. He displays the robe that Clytemnestra used to trap Agamemnon as evidence of he…
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