Sophocles: Electra

by Michael Lloyd

Sophocles' Electra deals with the famous story of Orestes' vengeance on his mother Clytemnestra for her murder of his father Agamemnon. This book discusses whether the matricide is a just and final act of violence, or whether Sophocles ironically implies that it is more problematic than it seems. Electra is notable among Sophocles' plays for the prominent part played in it by female characters, and especially the heroic resistance and suffering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715632809
• ISBN13: 9780715632802
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"