INTRODUCTION
CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY
The Pythian Prophetess.
Orestes.
The God Apollo.
The Goddess Pallas Athena.
The Ghost of Clytemnestra.
Chorus of Furies (Eumenides).
Chorus of Athenian Citizens.
The play was first produced in the Archonship of Philocles (458 B.C.). The first prize was won by Aeschylus with the "Agamemnon," "Choëphoroe" and "Eumenides" and the Satyr-play "Proteus."
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