num_pages: 288
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: English
title: The Oresteia
titlecomplete: The Oresteia
characters: Agamemnon, Orestes, Clytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon), Cassandra, Electra
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, School, Ancient, Poetry, Literature, Mythology, Fiction
ratings_count: 43224
places: Argos, Greece
series: Oresteia
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: University of California Press