Dramatis Personae
Aged servant of Orestes
Orestes, son of Agamemnon, the late king of Argos, and Clytemnestra
Electra and Chrysothemis, daughters of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Clytemnestra, Queen of Argos and Mycenae
Aegisthus, cousin of Agamemnon, sometime paramour of Clytemnestra and now prince consort
Chorus of Mycenean women
Scene: At Mycenae before the Palace of Agamemnon.