description: The only complete trilogy to survive from the ancient Greek theater is here presented in the first sound recording of all three Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. In the Oresteia, Aeschylus dramatizes the myth of the curse on the royal house of Argos. The action begins when King Agamemnon returns victorious from the Trojan War only to be treacherously slain by his own wife. He ends with the trial of their Orestes, who slew his mother to avenge her treachery--a trial with the goddess Athena as judge, the god Apollo as defense attorney, and, as prosecutors, relentless avenging demons called The Furies. The results of the trial change the nature of divine and human justice forever.
language: English
title: The Oresteia
titlecomplete: The Oresteia
characters: Agamemnon, Clytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon), Electra, Orestes, Cassandra
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Poetry, Drama, School, Ancient, Literature, Classics, Mythology
ratings_count: 43239
places: Greece, Argos
series: Oresteia
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.