450 BC

                                   AGAMEMNON

                                  by Aeschylus

                         translated by E.D.A. Morshead

                 CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY

    A WATCHMAN

    CHORUS OF ARGIVE ELDERS

    CLYTEMNESTRA, wife of AGAMEMNON

    A HERALD

    AGAMEMNON, King of Argos

    CASSANDRA, daughter of Priam, and slave of AGAMEMNON

    AEGISTHUS, son of Thyestes, cousin of AGAMEMNON

    Servants, Attendants, Soldiers

AGAMEMNON

    (SCENE:-Before the palace of AGAMEMNON in Argos. In front of the

        palace there are statues of the gods, and altars prepared for

        sacrifice. It is night. On the roof of the palace can be

        discerned a WATCHMAN.)