Electra · Chapters
Chapters explained
Chapter companions for Electra by Sophocles.
Each chapter has a companion in the reader — open a free preview to see notes beside the text.
Chapter 1
Dramatis Personae
This chapter lists the characters of the play, including the aged servant of Orestes, Orestes, Electra, Chrysothemis, Clytemnestra, Aegisthus, and the Chorus of Mycenean women, and sets the scene at Mycenae before the Palace of Agamemnon.
Chapter 2
Electra
Electra — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
Chapter 3
Endnotes
This chapter provides explanatory endnotes for the play, clarifying mythological references such as Inachus, Apollo Lukeios, the curse of Myrtilus, and the story of Amphiaraus, which illuminate the background of the characters and events.