One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the <i>Oresteia </i>of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.<br><br>The three plays of the <i>Oresteia </i>portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from ...
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"Seven Against Thebes" is the third and only surviving play from a tetralogy Aeschylus entered in the Great Dionysia. The tetralogy follows the cursed Theban patriarchy headed by Laius--the focus of the first tragedy--his son Oedipus--the focus of the second tragedy--and Oedipus's sons, Eteocles and ...
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