The Agamemnon of Aeschylus
The Agamemnon of Aeschylus
By Aeschylus
29 Feb, 2020
“Agamemnon” is the first of the three linked tragedies which make up “The Oresteia” trilogy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, followed by “The Libation Bearers” and “The Eumenides”. The Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedie
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“Agamemnon” is the first of the three linked tragedies which make up “The Oresteia” trilogy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, followed by “The Libation Bearers” and “The Eumenides”. The Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC, concerns the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Erinyes. Less