aeschylus

A collection of sixteen Greek drama plays by ancient Greek dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.

A collection of three of Aeschylus's earliest tragedies, as well as his final play; includes an overview of theatre during Aeschylus's time.

Presents Greek tragedian Aeschylus's House of Atreus trilogy: "Agamemnon," in which Clytemnestra murders her war hero husband for sacrificing their daughter; "The Libation-Bearers," in which Agamemnon and Clytemnestra's son, Orestes, kills his mother to avenge his father; and "The Furies (Eumenides)," in which Orestes is chased by his mother's divine avengers.

Translates the dramatic work "The Oresteia," a tragedy depicting the downfall of the house of Atreus.

Spine title: The Oresteia. A collection of critical essays on "Oresteia" arranged in chronological order of publication.