The OresteiaAeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. Only seven of his estimated seventy to ninety plays have survived into modern times. Fragments of some other plays have survived in quotes and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyrus, often giving us surprising insights into his work. |
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ÆGISTHUS Æschylus Agamemnon Apollo Argive Argos ATHENA Atreus avenge bade bear Behold beneath blood blow breast brood Calchas CASSANDRA chant child children’s CHORUS city’s CLYTEMNESTRA curse dark dead death deed dishonoured doom dost doth earth ELECTRA erst eyes fain fair fate father fear fell Furies gods hail halls hand hast hate hath hear heart heaven hell Hephæstus HERALD honour king land Libation Bearers lord Loxias man’s matricide mighty mortal mother mother Night murder Mycenae nevermore night o’er Oresteia ORESTES pain Phocis Pleisthenes pray prayer Pylades robe shalt shame shed shrine sire slain slave slay slayers sleep slew smite soul speak speech stain stand strive Strophius suppliant sway sword ta’en tale tears tell thee thine thing thou thro Thyestes toils tongue Troy unto vengeance wail welladay Whate’er woman’s word wrath wrong wrought Zeus