Oresteia

Oresteia
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780199537815
ISBN-13 : 019953781X
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Download or read book Oresteia written by Aeschylus, and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oresteian trilogy (Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides) established the themes of Greek tragedy - the inexorable nature of Fate, the relationship between justice, revenge, and religion. The plays dramatize the murder of Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra, the revenge of her son Orestes, and his judgement by the court of Athens. This new translation seeks to preserve the plays' qualities as theatre and as literature.


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