The Libation Bearers · Character
Apollo
The god who commands Orestes to kill his mother, binding divine authority to an act that will unravel the killer's mind.
supporting
Also known as Lord Apollo
First appearance: the libation bearers
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Apollo speaks through his oracle at Delphi, and his command to avenge Agamemnon carries the full weight of divine law. Yet the play links his name to a strange incoherence in Orestes' speech, as if the god's demand…
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- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Divine and mortal agents of fate
- Protagonist
- Agamemnon's family and victims
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- Orestes
professional · positive
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