One of the more popular figures in ancient Greek literature is Elektra (often anglicized as “Electra”), daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sister of Orestes, Iphegenia, and Chrysothemis. She is a major character in a play by each of the three classic tragic playwrights of the Athenian Dionysian celebrations: The Libation Bearers, by Aeschylus; Electra, by […]