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Electra > Electra in Art


	White-ground alabastron depicting Electra (other side shows Clytemnestra with axe); Attic, c. 490 BCE
	detail, bronze sheet with figures: Orestes stabbing Clytemnestra while Electra looks on and Aegisthus attempts to flee; Greek, c. 570 BCE Olympia Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1980
	Electra and Orestes (Roman, c. 25-75 CE)
	terracotta relief from Melos: Orestes and Pylades find Electra mourning at Agamemnon's tomb; Athens, c. 460-450 BCE Paris, Louvre Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999