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The Oresteia - Agamemnon, Women at the Graveside, Orestes in Athens (Hardcover)
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The Oresteia - Agamemnon, Women at the Graveside, Orestes in Athens (Hardcover)
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One of the foundational texts of Western literature, the Oresteia
trilogy is about cycles of deception and brutality within the
ruling family of Argos. In Agamemnon, queen Clytemnestra awaits her
husband's return from war to commit a terrible act of retribution.
The next plays, radically retitled here as The Women at the
Graveside and Orestes in Athens, deal with the aftermath of the
regicide, Orestes' search to avenge his father's death and his
ceaseless torment. A powerful discourse on the formation of
democracy, The Oresteia illuminates the tensions between loyalty to
one's family and to the community. In this classic for future
generations, Oliver Taplin captures the lyricism of the original.
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