Nov 18, 2008

Medea and Electra | Electra, Prologue and Parados Summary and Analysis

New Characters:
Farmer: Electra’s husband

Electra: daughter of Clytemnestra, sister of Orestes

Orestes: Electra’s brother, returning from exile

Pylades: Orestes’ traveling companion

Chorus: rural women of Argos

Summary
The Farmer delivers the prologue, which recounts the events that have led up to his unlikely marriage to the royal maiden, Electra, daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. When her father returned home from victory against Troy, he was killed by his wife and her new lover, Aigisthos. Fearing that his stepchildren would grow up to avenge...