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  The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Aeschylus, Translated by Robert Fagles, Edited by W. Stanford

  

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  Short Description for The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The EumenidesIn the "Oresteia" - the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity - Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, its spirit of struggle and regeneration is eternal.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 02 July 1984
  • Format: Paperback 336 pages
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  • Categories: Plays, Playscripts
  • ISBN 13: 9780140443332 ISBN 10: 0140443339
  • Sales rank: 20,615

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Full description for The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

• In the "Oresteia" - the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity - Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, its spirit of struggle and regeneration is eternal.