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The Oresteia, Aeschylus ; translated by George Thomson ; with an introduction by Richard Seaford

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The Oresteia, Aeschylus ; translated by George Thomson ; with an introduction by Richard Seaford

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxii-xxxiii)

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Oresteia

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bibliographydictionaries

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884725822

Responsibility statement

Aeschylus ; translated by George Thomson ; with an introduction by Richard Seaford

Review

"One of the Founding Documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time."

Summary

"The three plays of the Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the start of which he had sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to secure divine favor. After Iphigeneia's mother, Clytemnestra, kills her husband in revenge, she in turn is murdered by their son Orestes with his sister Electra's encouragement. Orestes is pursued by the Furies and put on trial, his fate decided by the goddess Athena. Far more than the story of murder and vengeance in the royal house of Atteus, the Oresteia serves as a dramatic parable of the evolution of justice and civilization that is still powerful after 2,500 years."--BOOK JACKET

Table Of Contents

Agamemnon -- Choephoroe -- Eumenides

Target audience

adult

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