num_pages: 388
description: The most famous series of ancient Greek plays, and the only surviving trilogy, is the Oresteia  of Aeschylus, consisting of Agamemnon, Choephoroe, and Eumenides. These three plays recount the murder of Agamemnon by his queen Clytemnestra on his return from Troy with the captive Trojan princess Cassandra; the murder in turn of Clytemnestra by their son Orestes; and Orestes' subsequent pursuit by the Avenging Furies (Eumenides) and eventual absolution.Hugh Lloyd-Jones's informative notes elucidate the text, and introductions to each play set the trilogy against the background of Greek religion as a whole and Greek tragedy in particular, providing a balanced assessment of Aeschylus's dramatic art.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: La Orestía
titlecomplete: La Orestía
characters: Agamemnon, Orestes, Clytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon), Cassandra, Electra
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, School, Ancient, Poetry, Literature, Mythology, Fiction
ratings_count: 43219
places: Argos, Greece
series: Oresteia
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Bosch