The Oresteia (Everyman Paperback Classics)
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(6 ratings)336 pagesEveryman Paperback ClassicsISBN 9780460875486
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About this book
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.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Everyman Paperback Classics
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780460875486
About Unknown Author
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father of tragedy and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.
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