Oresteia, The

By Aeschylus

Book Id: WPLBN0002953298
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Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Oresteia, The
Author:	Aeschylus
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Language:	English
Subject:	Dramatic Works, Tragedy, Play
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Oresteia, The
Historic Publication Date:	1909
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


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Description
The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies. It tells the tragic tale of the House of Atreus, whose inhabitants have been cursed and are doomed to play out their bloody, vengeful destinies. At the beginning of the first part, the Trojan War has ended and the Greek general, Agamemnon, is returning victorious to his wife Clytemnestra. Yet she finds it difficult to forgive his sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, who was killed to ensure the Greek fleet fair winds in their voyage to Troy. Her desire for vengeance, and its dire consequences, instigates the action of these poetic tragedies. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Tragedy, Play, Myths/Legends