Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 0.1 The Legend in Poetry -- 0.2 Scholarship and Sophokles' Elektra -- Chapter One: Prologos: Orestes and Elektra -- 1.1 Preliminary Remarks -- 1.2 The Paidagogos and Orestes -- 1.3 Elektra's Monody -- Chapter Two: Elektra and the Chorus: The Foundations of the Community -- 2.1 Preliminary Remarks -- 2.2 The Status and Function of the Chorus -- 2.3 The Parodos -- 2.4 The Theme of Aidos -- Chapter Three: Elektra and Chrysothemis I: The Sophron Citizen vs Female Sophrosyne -- 3.1 Preliminary Remarks -- 3.2 Sophron Thinking versus Female Sophrosyne -- 3.3 The Dream of Klytaimnestra -- 3.4 Ritual Activity -- Chapter Four: Elektra and Klytaimnestra: Dike versus Dike? -- 4.1 Preliminary Remarks -- 4.2 Dike -- 4.3 The Theme of Aidos -- 4.4 Ritual Activity -- Chapter Five: The 'Death' of Orestes -- 5.1 Preliminary Remarks -- 5.2 The Messenger Speech -- 5.3 Hybris, Aidos, and Nemesis -- 5.4 Elektra and the Chorus: The kommos -- Chapter Six: Elektra and Chrysothemis II: Civic Andreia and Female Sophrosyne -- 6.1 Preliminary Remarks -- 6.2 Elektra and the Persuasion of Chrysothemis -- 6.3 Elektra's Plan -- Chapter Seven: Elektra and Orestes: Reunion and Vengeance -- 7.1 Preliminary Remarks -- 7.2 The Reunion -- 7.3 The Alliance -- 7.4 The Vengeance -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Terms -- A -- D -- E -- H -- K -- L -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Index of Passages.