Title: Oresteia
Description: The Oresteia -- Agamemnon, Choephori, and The Eumenides -- depicts the downfall of the house of Atreus: after King Agamemnon is murdered by Clytemnestra, their son, Orestes, is commanded by Apollo to avenge the crime by killing his mother, and he does so, bringing on himself the wrath of the Furies and the judgment of Athens. Together, the three plays are one of the major achievements of Greek antiquity. - Publisher.
Subjects: Agamemnon (Greek mythology), Drama, Electra (Greek mythology), Greek drama, Greek drama (Tragedy), Orestes (Greek mythology), Translations into English, Translations into Icelandic, Translations into Italian, Translations into Spanish, Hellenistic Greek literature, Greek language materials, Greek Mythology, Greek, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction (fictional works by one author), Mythology, greek, Greek drama, translations into english, Fiction, general, Classical drama, Erinyes (Greek mythology), Poesia dramatica grega, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Special events, Power (social sciences), Social control, Toneelstukken, Illustraties, Grieks, Klassieke oudheid, Clytemnestra (Greek mythology), Aeschylus, Orestes (greek mythology)--drama, Agamemnon (greek mythology)--drama, Electra (greek mythology)--drama, Pa3827.a7 c58 2002, 882/.01, Agamemnon, Electra, Orestes, Pa3827.a7 h84 1999b, 882.01, Literature, Eastern question (Far East), Foreign relations
People: Aeschylus, Aeschylus.  Prometheus bound