The chorus in this play invokes the "blissful powers underground" to "bless the children, give them triumph now."
The chorus in this play invokes the "blissful powers underground" to "bless the children, give them triumph now." Threatened with leprosy by a messenger of Apollo named Pylades, the main character pretends that he is a messenger bringing news of his own death. One character in this play exposes her breast before being stabbed, as foreshadowed by a dream in which she is bitten by a snake while breastfeeding. Another scene sees the nurse Cilissa sent to bring Aegisthus and his guard, but Cilissa is convinced by the chorus to bring Aegisthus alone. Therefore, Aegisthus falls victim to the murder plot concocted by Electra and Orestes to avenge Agamemnon's murder. For 10 points, name this second play of Aeschylus' Oresteia, which takes its title from Electra's liquid offering at Agamemnon's grave.
The chorus in this play invokes the "blissful powers underground" to "bless the children, give them triumph now."
The Libation Bearers [or Cho?phoroi]