Electra by Sophocles: Chrysothemis The Forgotten Sister

In the story of Electra, Chrissemith is "a woman invisible in many ways" (Choate 183). As Amber Jacobs stated, "Her name has always been dedicated to our wonderful corpus, but it does not seem to be important" (Jacobs 179). Sophocles is the only Greek playwright who mentioned her in his Electra story. Sophia Cres expressed Secret Clice as a perfect daughter and painted it as a sophisticated discreet and obedient character.

Euripides and Sophocles wrote their own Electra story version. The basic plot is as follows. After the return of the Trojan War, Agamemnon was killed by Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus and regained his nephew Helen from the Trojan horse. Electra and her brother Orestes killed their mother and her lover in the retribution of his death. Both authors wrote the same plot, but the story was completely different. Sophocles focuses on Orestes, but Euripides focuses more on Electra's life.

In the story of Electra, Chrissemith is "a woman invisible in many ways" (Choate 183). As Amber Jacobs stated, "Her name has always been dedicated to our wonderful corpus, but it does not seem to be important" (Jacobs 179). Sophocles is the only Greek playwright who mentioned her in his Electra story. Sophia Cres expressed Secret Clice as a perfect daughter and painted it as a sophisticated discreet and obedient character.

Sophocles and Euclid version of Euripides and Electra version of Euripides are the central theme of revenge in many similarities. Characters, Electra and Orestes have to see again in retaliation against the father's murder. Unfortunately, in both versions, a legitimate solution led the brothers and sisters to destroy their mothers. Both versions of Electra can be compared with Aeschylus' Libation Bearers. But compared to Electra and Esiros' respective plays, they are more dramatic and more similar.