Author

Contributions

  • Aeschylus. - Contributor

Publication

1996 - Dover Publications, Mineola, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

37,750 words, Guess

Page Count

151 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96013715
  • Better World Books9780486292427
  • Open LibraryOL976591M

Classifications

  • DDC883/.01
  • LCCPA3827.A7 M7 1996
  • LCCPA3827.A7M7 1996

Alternate Titles

  • Agamemnon.
  • Libation-bearers.
  • Furies.

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.

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  • Dover thrift editions

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