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Euripides, Electra

  • Likely 410s BCE.
  • Author
    Euripides
    Source subtype
    Tragedy & Satyr
    Language
    Greek
    Period
    Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)
    Place of creation
    🌍 Athens (Attica)
    TLG canon
    0006.042
    Mentions
    👤 Achilles  👤 Aerope (Argive)  👤 Agamemnon  👤 Aigisthos  👤 Alcippe (Athenian)  👤 Apollo  👤 Ares  👤 Athena  👤 Atreus  👤 Bellerophon  👤 Cassandra  👤 Castor (Spartan)  👤 Cecrops (Athenian I)  👤 Cecrops (Athenian II)  👤 Cheiron (centaur)  👤 the Chimaira  👤 Clytaimnestra  👥 the Cyclopes (wall-builders) 👤 Dardanos (s. of Electra)  👤 Electra (Mycenaean)  👥 the Erinyes  👤 Poseidon  👤 Zeus (Olympian)  👤 Halirrhothios (s. of Poseidon) 👤 Hector (Trojan)  👤 Hephaistos  👤 Hermes  👤 Iphigeneia  🌍 Athens (Attica)  🌍 the Acropolis of Athens 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon)  👤 Pan (god)  👤 Pegasos (horse)  👤 Helen  👤 Perseus (Argive)  👤 Polydeuces (Spartan)  👤 Priam  👤 Maia  👤 Medousa (Gorgon)  👤 Menelaos  👥 the Nereids  👤 Pylades  👤 Proteus (Egyptian)  👤 Strophios (Phocian I)  👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy  👤 Tantalos (Lydian)  👤 Thetis  👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean)  👤 Tyndareos  🏺 the Scepter of Agamemnon  🏺 the Winged Sandals  🌍 the Areiopagos (Athens)  🌍 Sparta (Laconia)  👤 the Golden Lamb of Atreus  🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)  🌍 Troy (Troad)  🌍 Egypt  👤 the Eidolon of Helen  🌍 Aulis (Boiotia)  🌍 Phocis  🌍 Euboia (island)  🏺 the First Armour of Achilles  🌍 Argos (city)  🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly)  🌍 Oresteion (Arcadia)  🏺 the Sickle of Perseus 🏛️ the Cave of Cheiron  🏺 the Wooden Statue of Athena Polias at Athens  ⭐ Hyades  👥 the Olympian Gods ⭐ the Pleiades  🏺 the Shield of Achilles  🏛️ the Walls of Mycenae  🌍 Nauplia (Argolid)  🏛️ Spring Peirene (Corinth)  🌍 the Sanctuary of the Semnai at Athens  🌍 the Sanctuary of Argive Hera (Argolid)  🏛️ the Tomb of Agamemnon (Mycenae)  🏛️ the Tomb of Clytaimnestra (Mycenae)  🏛️ the Tomb of Aigisthos (Mycenae)  👤 Servant of Agamemnon (name unknown)  👤 Husband of Electra (name unknown) 🏛️ the House of Electra (Mycenae)  🌍 River Tanaos (S. Peloponnese)  👤 Trojan Captive (name unknown)  👥 the Trojan Captive Women (Mycenean)
    Commentary
    Likely 410s BCE.
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