num_pages: 224
description: Meineck's translation is faithful and supple; the language employed is modern without betraying the grandeur and complexity--particularly the images--of the Aeschylean text. After reading this translation, one has but one further wish: to see it and hear it at Delphi, Epidaurus or Syracuse. --Herman Van Looy, L'Antiquite Classique
language: English
title: Oresteia
titlecomplete: Oresteia
characters: Clytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon), Cassandra, Orestes, Agamemnon, Electra
genres: Mythology, Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Ancient
ratings_count: 43217
places: Greece, Argos
series: Oresteia
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.