Electra (Sophocles)

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Electra (Sophocles) is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes Electra’s quest for vengeance against her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus for the murder of her father Agamemnon.

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Label Occurrences
Electra (Sophocles) canonical 3
Sophocles' Electra 3
Sophocles’ Electra 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
author Sophocles ⓘ
basedOn House of Atreus myth cycle ⓘ
surface form: House of Atreus myth

myth of Electra ⓘ
centralTheme family loyalty ⓘ
justice ⓘ
matricide ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
containsMotif conflict between siblings ⓘ
deception and disguise ⓘ
recognition scene between Electra and Orestes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
featuresCharacter Agamemnon ⓘ
featuresEvent murder of Aegisthus ⓘ
murder of Clytemnestra ⓘ
return of Orestes from exile ⓘ
featuresGroup chorus of Mycenaean women ⓘ
genre Greek tragedy ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasForm verse drama ⓘ
hasMotive Electra’s desire to avenge Agamemnon ⓘ
hasStructure episodes ⓘ
exodos ⓘ
parodos ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
stasima ⓘ
literaryCycle Oresteia myth cycle ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Athenian drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Aegisthus ⓘ
Chrysothemis ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ
Electra ⓘ
Orestes ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
plotSummary Electra seeks vengeance on her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus for murdering Agamemnon ⓘ
preservedAs complete text ⓘ
relatedWork Antigone ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ
surface form: Oedipus Rex
setting Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ
surface form: Mycenae
settingPeriod mythic age of Greece ⓘ
sharesMythWith Electra (Euripides) ⓘ
Elektra (libretto) ⓘ
surface form: Electra (Hofmannsthal)

Oresteia ⓘ
surface form: Libation Bearers
studiedIn classical literature ⓘ
theatre studies ⓘ
timeOfComposition 5th century BC ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atreid dynasty → appearsInWork → Electra (Sophocles) ⓘ
Agamemnon → appearsIn → Electra (Sophocles) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophocles' Electra
Clytemnestra → appearsIn → Electra (Sophocles) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophocles' Electra
Pylades → appearsIn → Electra (Sophocles) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophocles' Electra
House of Atreus myth cycle → hasLiterarySource → Electra (Sophocles) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sophocles’ Electra
Orestes → centralCharacterIn → Electra (Sophocles) ⓘ
Electra (Euripides) → contrastsWith → Electra (Sophocles) ⓘ