450 BC

                                 THE CHOEPHORI

                                  by Aeschylus

                         translated by E.D.A. Moreshead

               CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY

    ORESTES, son of AGAMEMNON and CLYTEMNESTRA

    CHORUS OF SLAVE WOMEN

    ELECTRA, sister of ORESTES

    A NURSE

    CLYTEMNESTRA

    AEGISTHUS

    AN ATTENDANT

    PYLADES, friend of ORESTES

    (SCENE:-By the tomb of Agamemnon near the palace in Argos.

    ORESTES and PYLADES enter, dressed as travellers. ORESTES carries

    two locks of hair in his hand.)