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The Oresteia (Agamemnon, Choephori, and Eumenides) by Aeschylus (458 BCE)
In this episode, we confront the raw power and moral complexity of Aeschylus's The Oresteia (458 BCE), the only complete ancient Greek trilogy that has survived intact and one of the greatest achievements in Western drama. Comprising the three plays Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers (Choephori), and The Eumenides, this monumental work traces the cursed House of Atreus across generations of betrayal, murder, and vengeance: from Agamemnon's sacrificial killing of his daughter Iphigenia and his own brutal murder by Clytemnestra, through Orestes' tormented quest to avenge his father by slaying his…
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