_The Permanent Scene, as before, represents the Palace of Agamemnon at
Argos. The only difference is that the place of the Thymele in the
centre of the Orchestra is taken up by Agamemnon's Sepulchre. Enter by
the Left Side-door (signifying distance) Orestes and Pylades, and
descending the Orchestra-staircase advance to the Sepulchre._
_Orestes_, invoking the Conductor of the Dead, lays locks of hair and
fragments of garments as offerings on his Father's tomb, cut off as he
had been by exile from being present at the actual Funeral-rites:
_He is interrupted by the opening of one of the Inferior Doors of the
Palace, out of which comes Electra, and a train of Trojan
Captive-maidens bearing urns of libations, all with dishevelled hair
and the well-known gestures proper to Sepulchral rites. They descend
(with the exception of Electra) the Orchestra-staircase, and perform a
Choral Ode with funeral rhythm and gestures. Orestes and Pylades,
recognizing them, stand aside._ {19}