The Oresteia

Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

Aeschylus, W. B. Stanford, Robert Fagles | 4.16 | 36,461 ratings and reviews

Ranked #10 in Greek, Ranked #12 in Ancient Greece — see more rankings.

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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... more

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Rankings by Category

The Oresteia is ranked in the following categories:

#15 in Ancient
#34 in Classical
#70 in Drama
#93 in Penguin Classics
#40 in Theater

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