Dramatis Personae

• Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

• Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

• Clytemnestra, formerly wife to Agamemnon, now wedded to Aigisthos

• Aigisthos, son of Thyestes, blood-foe to Agamemnon, and now Tyrant of Argos

• Pylades, son of Strophios, King of Phôkis, friend to Orestes

• The Old Nurse of Orestes

• A Slave of Aigisthos

• Chorus of Bondmaids in the House of Clytemnestra and Aigisthos