Aeschylus begins in Greece describing the return of king Agamemnon
from his victory in the Trojan War, from the perspective of the
towns people (the Chorus) and his wife, Clytemnestra. However dark
foreshadowings build to the death of the king at the hands of his
wife, who was angry at his sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia,
killed so the Gods would stop a storm hindering the Greek fleet in
the war. She was also unhappy at his keeping of the Trojan
prophetess Cassandra as a concubine. Cassandra foretells of the
murder of Agamenon, and of herself, to the assembled townsfolk, who
are horrified. She then enters the palace knowing that she cannot
avoid her fate. The ending of the play includes a prediction of the
return of Orestes, son of Agamemnon, who will seek to avenge his
father.
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