Characters in the Play

Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

Electra } sister of Orestes

Chrysothemis} " " "

An Old Man, formerly the Paedagogus or Attendant of Orestes

Clytemnestra

Aegisthus

Chorus of Women of Mycenae

Mute Persons:

Pylades, son of Strophius, King of Crisa, the friend of Orestes.

A handmaid of Clytemnestra. Two attendants of Orestes