The House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, and the Furies
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"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.)
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| Author | Aeschylus, 526 BCE-457 BCE |
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| 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 |
| Last Update | Jun 19, 2023 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 790 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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