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Bookmark or Share- Oresteia - WikipediaThe Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning 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 Furies (also called Erinyes or ...
- Oresteia by Aeschylus - Greek MythologyOresteia by Aeschylus (comprised of Agamemnon, Libation Bearers and Eumenides) is the only Ancient Greek trilogy to have survived to this day.
- Oresteia | Greek tragedy, trilogy, Aeschylus | BritannicaOresteia, trilogy of tragic dramas by the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, first performed in 458 bce. It is his last work and the only complete trilogy of Greek dramas that has survived. The Oresteia tells the story of the house of Atreus. The first play, Agamemnon, portrays the victorious.
- Aeschylus’s Oresteia - Classics - Oxford BibliographiesThe Oresteia, the pinnacle, and likely the final production, of Aeschylus’s long career in Athens, was produced at the City Dionysia of 458 BCE, where it won the first prize. The Oresteian tetralogy consisted of four plays— Agamemnon, Libation Bearers ( Choephori ), Eumenides, and the satyr-play, Proteus, which was lost—with the first ...
- The Oresteia - Wikisource, the free online libraryThe Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus.
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