So I had to read this for school. And I was really excited actually, because I love Greek mythology so much, but this book was kinda flat plot wise.

The thing is this play is very confusing if you know nothing about Greek mythology (thank god i do, because if I didn’t I would fail my exam). Also the grammar structure is really weird. I guess that’s because of the translation.

Anyway this story was basically a pair of siblings wanting to avenge their father’s dead by killing their stepdad and mother.
And was really meh, to be honest.

(Also, side note: so I couldn’t help it, this book reminded me about the Sakamaki brothers from diabolik lovers

این تراژدی ماجرای الکترا و برادرش (اورستس) است که انتقام قتل پدر خود (آگاممنون) را از مادرشان (کلوتایمنسترا) می گیرند
سه نمایشنامه نویس مطرح یونان یعنی اوریپید، آیسخولوس و سوفوکل، یکی از نمایشنامه های خود را به طور کامل به الکترا اختصاص داده اند

Η Κλυταιμνύστρα,μιλώντας στην Ηλέκτρα:

"[..]Μα όταν
πέφτει στο σφάλμα ο άντρας,τη δικιά του
παραμερίζοντας γυναίκα,τότε
να τόνε μιμηθεί θέλει κι εκείνη
και να'βρει άλλη αγάπη.Όμως βουίζει
μετά για μας η κατηγόρια,ενώ για κείνους
που ήταν η αφορμή,κακό δε λέει
κανένας.Τον Μενέλαο,τον άντρα
της αδερφής μου,αν κλέβαν,εγώ τότε
για να τον σώσω,θα'πρεπε να σφάξω
τον γιο μου Ορέστη;Πώς θα τ'ανεχόταν
ο πατέρας σου τούτα;Γιατί τάχα
να μην πεθάνει αυτός που τους δικούς μου
αφάνισε,και μόνο εγώ από κείνον
να σκοτωθώ;"

Εξαιρετικό έργο!!Δεν ξέρεις ποιόν να πρωτολυπηθείς,όλοι οι ήρωες τραγικοί.
Απίστευτα νοήματα σχετικά με τον χαρακτήρα του ανθρώπου,την αντίθεση ευγένειας καταγωγής-ευγένειας φύσης,τον πλούτο και τη χρησιμότητά του,την απόδοση δικαιοσύνης,τις τύψεις.

orestes: hey maybe we’re going a bit overboard ://
electra: what did you just say? that you’re a pussy?

آدمیان را همان گونه که می‌یابی داوری کن، پیمانه پاک زادی منش است.

Páris rapta Helena, a mulher de Menelau, que é irmão de Agamémnon, o qual sacrifica a filha, Ifigénia, à deusa Ártemis para que esta acalme os ventos e os barcos possam partir para Tróia. No regresso de Agamémnon a casa, Clitemnestra vinga a filha, Ifigénia, matando o marido. Electra e Orestes, irmãos da sacrificada, vingam a morte do pai matando a mãe. Toda esta matança é por culpa de Helena que, segundo Eurípides, nunca esteve em Tróia mas sim no Egipto.

Adoro ler estas peças. Parece ser tudo igual mas há sempre algo diferente. Não gosto é muito da Electra pelo pouco apreço que ela tem pelas outras mulheres.

It was interesting reading Euripides' Electra straight after Sopocles' Electra and Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers, and noting the differences between the three. That said, I can't comment much on the actual writing as the authors' personal styles would have got lost in translation, but there were a few minor yet notable plot differences. Personally, I found Aeschylus' version of how Orestes avenged his father Agamemnon the most moving; I particularly liked this line, which Orestes and Clytemnestra speak in The Libation Bearers as the former kills the latter, his mother:

CLYTEMNESTRA
Will you murder your own mother?

ORESTES
Me murder you?
Mother, you have already murdered yourself.
I merely hold the sword as you fall.

But in Euripides' Electra, all the violence happens off-stage, and so there is no moving moment when Clytemnestra dies, no opportunity for the audience to pick sides based off both her pleas and her son's determination. However, during a conversation between Orestes and his sister Electra at the end, they do begin to visibly doubt their actions, a theme which was not as heavily focused on in Sophocles' Electra or Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers. In fact, Electra plays a much more minor role in Aeschylus' play, which only makes it all the more interesting that she was the protagonist of Sophocles' and Euripides' performances─female main characters were extremely rare in Ancient Greek theatre.

بیشتر از خود نمایشنامه تفسیر های آخر نشر بیدگل رو دوست دارم:»

یه مقدار ترجمه ش سخت بود ولی عجب تراژدی قوی ای بود

اگه مثل من تاحالا توی زندگیتون چیزی از اسطوره های یونانی نشنیدین بنظرم کتابو بذارین کنار و یه ذره سرچ کنید بعد بخونید وگرنه هیچی نمیفهمید.

It's inevitable to compare it to Sophocles' Electra when having just read that tragedy as well.
And this Electra comes across much more cautious, her grief quieter, her speech less emotional and more sensible, even though she asks to be the one to kill Clytemnestra.
I liked that Electra and Orestes have more time for dialogue, and that Electra too has to purge in the end. But this version also seems more misogynistic.
And once again I was on Clytemnestra's side after hearing her arguments, which demanded the reader imagine a role reversal where she had committed her husband's actions and went unpunished.

خوبی ماجرا اینه که فیلم Troy رو چهل بار دیدم

یعنی میدونستم آگاممنون میره تروا دنبال هلن که ربوده شده و پیروز برمیگرده

چیزی که نمیدونستم اینه که وقتی برمیگرده همسرش و فاسق همسرش میکشنش !!

چیز دیگه‌ای که نمیدونستم اینه که دختری داره به اسم الکترا (به غیر از اون دختری که قربانیش میکنه) و پسری به اسم اورستس

ماجرای این نمایش راجع به الکترا و برادرش بعد از کشته شدن پدرشون هست

من کلا عاشق این نمایشنامه‌های یونان باستان شدم
نمیدونم شاید برای بقیه انقدر جذاب نباشه
ولی من خیلی از خوندن راجع به این آدمای باستانی و باورهاشون و خداهاشون لذت میبرم
دلم یه کتاب میخواد با کل این اسطوره‌ها آشنا بشم
خیلی جالبن

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خوندن اون هم باید جذاب باشه چون گویا در جزئیات با این نسخه متفاوته