# The Libation Bearers — Character guide

> Key figures in The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus.

- [Orestes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/orestes.md): Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, returns to avenge his father's murder.
- [Electra](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/electra.md): Daughter of Agamemnon, grieving sister who aids Orestes in his vengeance.
- [Clytemnestra](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/clytemnestra.md): Queen of Argos, murderer of Agamemnon, now threatened by her son's return.
- [Agamemnon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/agamemnon.md): Murdered king of Argos, whose ghost and legacy drive the plot.
- [Aigisthos](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/aigisthos.md): Clytemnestra's lover and co-conspirator in Agamemnon's murder.
- [Pylades](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/pylades.md): Loyal friend of Orestes, accompanies him in the vengeance plot.
- [Zeus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/zeus.md): Supreme god invoked for justice and aid in the family's blood feud.
- [Apollo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/apollo.md): God who commands Orestes to avenge his father's death.
- [Loxias](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/loxias.md): Epithet of Apollo as the prophetic god guiding Orestes.
- [Hermês](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/hermes.md): Messenger god and guide of souls, invoked in prayers.
- [Cassandra](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/cassandra.md): Prophetess and captive of Agamemnon, murdered with him.
- [Strophius](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/strophius.md): King of Phocis and father of Pylades, who sheltered Orestes.
- [Fate](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/fate.md): Personified force of destiny driving the tragic events.
- [Skylla](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/skylla.md): Mythological figure referenced as a parallel to treacherous women.
- [Althaea](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/althaea.md): Mother of Meleager, cited as an example of maternal vengeance.
- [Meleâger](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/meleager.md): Hero whose death was caused by his mother Althaea.

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