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Oresteia - Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (The Complete Greek Tragedies)

By Aeschylus

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Publish Date

July 1, 1967

Publisher

Washington Square press

Language

eng

Pages

187

Description:

The Oresteia -- Agamemnon, Choephori, and The Eumenides -- depicts the downfall of the house of Atreus: after King Agamemnon is murdered by Clytemnestra, their son, Orestes, is commanded by Apollo to avenge the crime by killing his mother, and he does so, bringing on himself the wrath of the Furies and the judgment of Athens. Together, the three plays are one of the major achievements of Greek antiquity. - Publisher.