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Euripides’ Electra (Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα Ēlektra) was a play probably written in the mid 410s BC likely after 413 BC. It is unclear whether it was first produced before or after Sophocles’ version of the Electra story.

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author
Euripides
character in play
Orestes, Castor, Clytemnestra, Electra, Electra's husband, servants
chorus character in play
Argive women
genre
Tragedy
mute character in play
Polydeuces, Pylades
original language
Ancient Greek
premiere place
Dionysia
setting of play
Argos at the house of Electra's husband

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