an analysis of the trilogy the oresteia a play by aeschylus The oresteia (ancient greek: ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of greek tragedies written by aeschylus in the 5th century bc, concerning the murder of agamemnon by clytaemnestra, the murder of clytaemnestra by orestes, the trial of orestes, the end of the curse on the house of atreus and pacification of the erinyes.
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