Electra by Sophocles

Introduction

Electra, also Elektra or The Electra[1] (Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα,[2] Ēlektra), is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Its date is not known, but various stylistic similarities with the Philoctetes (409 BC) and the Oedipus at Colonus (401 BC) lead scholars to suppose that it was written towards the end of Sophocles' career. Jebb dates it between 420 BC and 414 BC.[3]


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