Sacrifice

Act 1 Scene 1 The Scene is the Temple of Juno, near the Altar is a Golden Image of the Goddess. Priests are in their Solemnities, as after a Sacrifice newly offer'd: Flames arise from the Altar, and...
Dramatis Personae A WATCHMAN CHORUS OF ARGIVE ELDERS CLYTEMNESTRA, wife of AGAMEMNON A HERALD AGAMEMNON, King of Argos CASSANDRA, daughter of Priam, and slave of AGAMEMNON AEGISTHUS, son of Thyestes,...

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Dramatis Personae  ULYSSES, King of Ithaca NEOPTOLEMUS, son of Achilles PHILOCTETES, son of Poeas and Companion of HERCULES A SPY HERCULES CHORUS, composed of the companions of ULYSSES and...

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