The GreeksEpic and Drama

Aeschylus: The Oresteia

A family curse runs through three plays and ends in a court of law: revenge gives way to justice.

Volume: 4 of the 1990 set
Author: Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BC)
Work: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides, and his other plays 458 BC (the Oresteia); seven plays survive

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A note for parents: The plays turn on murders within a family, told rather than shown.

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