Sophocles, Electra -- Outline
Prologue (1-85) -- Old Servant, Orestes (Pylades) famous places of Argos; schemes -- the crisis
Electras lament (86-120) -- Electras parents
Kommic Parodos (121-250) -- Electra and chorus of young women
child of her mother -- the chronos (long time of her suffering)
First Episode (251-471) -- Electra and Chrysothemis -- dream, libations
First Stasimon (472-515) -- Justice, victory, Fury, family (Horsemanship of Pelops)
2nd Episode (516-822) -- Electra, Clytemnestra, Old Servant
like daughter, like mother -- Orestes "death"
Kommos (823-870) -- despair
Third Episode (871-1057) -- Electra and Chrysothemis -- Chrysothemis joy is dispelled; Electras plan for "justice"
Second Stasimon (1058-1097) -- isolation of Electra
Fourth Episode (1098-1383) Orestes, Electra -- the urn; recognition; old servant
Third Stasimon (1384-97) -- Furies
Exodos (1398-1510) -- Electra, Orestes, (Clytemnestra inside), Aegisthus -- murders, no regrets