Book Cover The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

of Aeschylus, Robert Fagles (Translator), William Bedell Stanford (Introduction)

Series: Oresteia #1-3

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Alternate cover edition can be found here, here, here, hereIn the Oresteia—the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity—Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos.Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration.

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Classics Classics Plays Drama Fiction Mythology Poetry Literature Theatre School Ancient

Main Characters

Orestes Io . . . Electra Clytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon) Elektra Cassandra Agamemnon

Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 335 pages
  • Publisher Penguin Classics
  • Publication Date February 7th 1984
  • First Publication 10/28/58
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780140443332
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Fiction
  • Scenario ['Greece', 'Argos (Greece)']

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