The Oresteia, Aeschylus
The Oresteia, Aeschylus
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The Oresteia

Author: Aeschylus

Narrator: a full cast

Unabridged: 3 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Aeschylus here dramatizes the myth of the curse on the royal house of Argos. The action begins when King Agamemnon, returning victorious from the Trojan War, is treacherously slain by his wife. It ends with the trial of their son, Orestes, who slew his mother to avenge her treachery.

About Aeschylus

Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BC) was the earliest of the three great tragic playwrights of ancient Greece whose work has survived to the twenty-first century. He fought bravely in the Battle of Salamis, which inspired his first surviving play, The Persians. According to legend, he died in Sicily when an eagle dropped a tortoise on his head.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley

This is pretty fantastic. I'm surprised. I think I like this old Greek trilogy of plays better than all the others that I've read. That's including Oedipus. :P The translation is pretty awesome, the tragedy is beautiful, and the underlying theme of justice and the balance of power between men and wom......more

Goodreads review by Laura

Murder, betrayal, revenge, torment . . . you might wonder, “Why would I bother reading three Greek plays when I could see the same sort of lurid problems on an episode of Jerry Springer? And fold laundry at the same time??” Two possible answers: First, you’re not going to get patricide, matricide, h......more

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