Random sidenote. My friend and I did a duologue in the eisteddfod once that was from some Greek play about all that stuff. I was Electra and she was Chloe or something? No, wait, Chrysothemis. Electra's sister, apparently. The opening line of the scene was her coming in and exclaiming, "Electra!" and it used to make us laugh every single time. I'm not sure how we kept it together to actually perform. Then we, you know, bitched about each other because Chrysothemis was heartless and Electra needed revenge on her father. Actually, it's a really sad scene because Chrysothemis reveals that if Electra doesn't stop bitching Aegisthus is going to banish her for a dungeon, and Electra decides she's going to continue wanting to avenge her father anyway.
You can see where Electra's coming from, though. Her mother *did* start sleeping with her cousin.
Eric Bana. Poiter. I can say nothing more.
I also read this strange novel about Electra wherein she joined up with Cassandra, who apparently didn't die in the fall of Troy but hooked up with two Greek blokes and they had threesomes on the hillsides while old men perved. Orestes, meanwhile, was having hallucinations.
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Date: 2005-02-22 11:06 am (UTC)You can see where Electra's coming from, though. Her mother *did* start sleeping with her cousin.
Eric Bana. Poiter. I can say nothing more.
I also read this strange novel about Electra wherein she joined up with Cassandra, who apparently didn't die in the fall of Troy but hooked up with two Greek blokes and they had threesomes on the hillsides while old men perved. Orestes, meanwhile, was having hallucinations.