Elektra
Characters in Elektra
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Clytemnestra
Queen of Mycenae and sister of Helen, whose grief over her daughter Iphigenia drives her against her husband Agamemnon.
Electra
Clytemnestra's daughter, who reveres her father and is consumed by hatred for her mother.
Lady Cassandra
Trojan princess cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies are never believed.
Supporting characters
Agamemnon
King of Mycenae, husband of Clytemnestra and leader of the Greek forces at Troy.
Helen
Clytemnestra's sister, whose departure from Sparta with Paris begins the Trojan War.
