The Oresteia

A trilogy of plays dramatizes the murder of Agamemnon by his wife, Clytaemnestra, the revenge of her son, Orestes, and his judgement by the court of Athena.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aeschylus (Author)
Other Authors: Fagles, Robert (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Published: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1984.
Series:Penguin classics
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Summary:A trilogy of plays dramatizes the murder of Agamemnon by his wife, Clytaemnestra, the revenge of her son, Orestes, and his judgement by the court of Athena.
Item Description:Originally published in 1975 by Viking Penguin Inc. and first published in the Penguin Classics in 1977.
Physical Description:335 pages : genealogical table ; 18 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-283).
ISBN:0140443339 (pbk.)
9780140443332 (pbk.)