Characters
Zeus (Greek) / Jupiter (Roman)
Orestes (Philebus) : the brother of Electra, the son of Agamemnon
Electra : the sister of Orestes, the daughter of Agamemnon
Agamemnon : the king of Argos, the father of Orestes and Electra
Clytemnestra : the wife of Aegisthus, the mother of Orestes and Electra
Aegisthus : the husband of Clytemnestra
Furies
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