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Far from my favorite Euripides. I feel like this play can't decide if it wants to be a comedy or a tragedy, with Electra, bristling with vengeful energy, existing right next to the comically wimpy portrayal of Orestes that Euripides gives us. This doesn't seem to be done in a way that's compelling, as a tragicomedy is, but just seems inept to me. There are also a number of choral interludes that narrate a bunch of history, including the entire Trojan War, that seems superfluous. A small blunder in Euripides's otherwise brilliant oeuvre.