The Oresteia: Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers & the Furies
Author: Aeschylus
Subject: General; Drama; Literary Criticism; European; Ancient & Classical
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Product Description
In the Oresteia -- the only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity -- Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration.