The Oresteia of Aeschylus

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University Press of America, 1994 - Drama - 175 pages
In this book, Edward Wright Haile provides a highly readable English translation of three ancient Greek plays of the royal House of Atreus. The Oresteia of Aeschylus is the story of the bloody downfall of the royal House of Atreus. The curse which plagued the family for generations was finally lifted from the third generation.

Contents: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; Eumenides; Fragments of Proteus Satyrikos.

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