The Oresteian Trilogy by Philip Vellacott, Aeschylus

Oresteia #1-3

The Oresteian Trilogy

Philip Vellacott, Aeschylus

204 pages paperback -458

136 editions

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‘Anger still unreconciled/Poisoning a house’s life/With darkness, treachery and strife’ Aeschylus (525–c.456 BC) set his trilogy in the immediate aftermath of Troy's defeat, when King Agamemnon returns victorious to Argos. Agamemnon depicts the he...

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