All the bloody acts of revenge that go down in Orestes and Electra's family are kind of an allegory for a whole way of living. Way back in the day, it was standard practice for you to take revenge...

In two versions of the story, Clytemnestra has a pretty disturbing and totally symbolic dream. In Aeschylus' Libation Bearers, she dreams that she gives birth to a snake. (Stop for a second and thi...