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The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Women at the Graveside, Orestes in Athens
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This spellbinding, groundbreaking translation reenergizes Aeschylus enduring saga of split loyalties, bloody sacrifice, and the efforts to bring peace after generations of strife. The most renowned of Aeschylus tragedies and 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, afflicted queen Clytemnestra awaits her husbands return from war to commit a terrible act of retribution for the murder of her daughter. The next two 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 fathers death, and the ceaseless torment of the young prince. A powerful discourse on the formation of democracy after a period of violent chaos, The Oresteia has long illuminated the tensions between loyalty to ones family and to the greater community. Now, Oliver Taplins vivid and accessible translation (Victoria Mohl) captures the lyricism of the original, in what is sure to be a classic for generations to come.
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