The House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, and the Furies (original) (raw)

"The House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, and the Furies" by Aeschylus is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written in the 5th century BC. When King Agamemnon returns victorious from Troy, his wife Clytemnestra awaits with murderous plans. Her killing unleashes a cycle of vengeance as their son Orestes must choose between honoring his father and sparing his mother. The plays explore the brutal clash between personal revenge and justice, as Greek gods and the relentless Furies intervene in mortal affairs. (This is an automatically generated summary.) ... Read More Show Less

Author Aeschylus, 526 BCE-457 BCE
Translator Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson), 1849-1912
Title The House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, and the Furies
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oresteia
Credits Ted Garvin, Lorna Hanrahan, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 84.1 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Subject Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Mythological character) -- Drama
Subject Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character) -- Drama
Category Text
EBook-No. 8604
Release Date Aug 1, 2005
Most Recently Updated Jun 19, 2023
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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