@inbook{10.3138/j.ctt2ttwtw.5,
 ISBN = {9780802067470},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt2ttwtw.5},
 abstract = {The action of theChoephori(ʹThe Libation Bearersʹ) concerns the deed of vengeance on Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, that necessary purification of the house of Atreus which Orestes must perform with Electra to vindicate their father and restore the house to its true succession. Thus theChoephoriis a sombre and terrifying play, for the vengeance, however justified, involves the deed of matricide, an act more polluting, more certain to call forth the outraged powers which support the laws of nature, than any of the deeds of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra that precede it. Aeschylus was more aware than either of the},
 bookauthor = {D.J. CONACHER},
 booktitle = {Aeschylus' Oresteia},
 pages = {102--138},
 publisher = {University of Toronto Press},
 title = {Choephori (The Libation Bearers)},
 year = {1987}
}