Aeschylus

The Oresteian trilogy

translated by Philip Vellacott.

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Description

The Oresteia -- Agamemnon, Choephori, and The Eumenides -- depicts the downfall of the house of Atreus: after King Agamemnon is murdered by Clytemnestra, their son, Orestes, is commanded by Apollo to avenge the crime by killing his mother, and he does so, bringing on himself the wrath of the Furies and the judgment of Athens. Together, the three plays are one of the major achievements of Greek antiquity. - Publisher.

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Series Statement

• Penguin classics -- L67

Other Editions

• The Oresteia - 1900 - G. Allen, London, England
• Aischylou oresteia. - 1904 - Walker, Cockerell & Pollard, London, United Kingdom
• Oresteia, Hardcover - 1953 - University of Chicago
• The Oresteian trilogy - 1956 - Penguin Books, Baltimore, Maryland
• The Oresteian Trilogy - 1956-12-30 - Penguin Classics
• Agamemnon. - 1961 - Heritage Press, New York, New York (State)
• The Oresteia - 1961 - Heritage Press, New York, New York (State)
• Oresteia.: New ed. New ed. rev. and enl. -- - 1966 - A.M. Hakkert, Amsterdam, No place, unknown, or undetermined
• Oresteia, Hardcover - 1980 - Franklin Library
• The Oresteia - 1984-02-07 - Penguin Classics
• Thulāthīyat Ūrīst - 1987 - al-Hayʼah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻAmmah lil-Kitāb, Cairo, Egypt
• The Oresteia trilogy - 1996 - Dover Publications, Mineola, N.Y, New York (State)
• The House Of Atreus, Hardcover - 2004-11-30 - IndyPublish.com
• The Oresteia - 2007 - Brand: Richer Resources Publications, Arlington, VA, Virginia
• The Oresteia: Unabridged edition, Audio Cassette - 2007-04-02 - Blackstone Audio Inc.
• 113 other editions not shown