Mar 8, 2023 · Translations of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon usually appear together with the other plays in the Oresteia trilogy (the Libation Bearers and the Eumenides). The following is a selected …

May 2, 2023 · Translations of Aeschylus’ Eumenides usually appear together with the other two plays of the Oresteia trilogy (the Agamemnon and the Libation Bearers). The following is a …

Mar 11, 2023 · Aeschylus: The fifth-century BCE tragedian Aeschylus evoked the uniquely terrifying Gorgons in several of his plays, including the Libation Bearers (1048ff), the …

Mar 9, 2023 · This trial was dramatized in Aeschylus’ tragedy the Eumenides (fifth century BCE), in which Apollo and Athena defend the haggard Orestes against the prosecuting Erinyes. [34] …

Aug 18, 2023 · Clytemnestra appeared frequently in ancient literature. Immortalized most famously in Aeschylus’ trilogy of plays known as the Oresteia, Clytemnestra tends to be …

Mar 9, 2023 · Aeschylus, writing around the same time as Pindar, connected the Moirae with the myth of Alcestis: according to Aeschylus, Apollo got the Moirae drunk so that they would agree …

Oct 9, 2023 · Various retellings of the story of the Danaids were known in antiquity, though only a few have survived (perhaps the most familiar being Aeschylus’ Suppliant Women). In many …

Jul 12, 2023 · Aeschylus: The myth of Agamemnon’s death and its aftermath are the subject of the Oresteia, a trilogy made up of the tragedies Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, and the …

Dec 7, 2022 · Aeschylus (ca. 525/524–ca. 456/455 BCE): The tragedian Aeschylus is known to have written a tragedy called the Heliades that dealt with the myth of Helios and Phaethon; …

Jun 7, 2023 · He was the youngest of the three canonical Athenian tragedians (the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles) and was known for exploring avant-garde, subversive, and …