Before he was twenty-five he began to compete for the tragic prize, but did not win a victory for twelve years. The artwork used for the cover is 'Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon' by Frederic Leighton. Of the life of Aeschylus, the first of the three great masters of Greek tragedy, only a very meager outline has come down to us. Production notes: This ebook of Agamemnon was published by Global Grey on the 23rd February 2020, and updated on the 7th August 2022. This book has 15,192 words, 56 pages in the PDF version. Part of the Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Great Books of the Western World set. And secondly for Agamemnon's taking of Cassandra as his concubine.įurthermore, in the ten years of Agamemnon's absence, Clytemnestra has entered into an adulterous relationship with Aegisthus, Agamemnon's cousin and the scion of a dispossessed branch of the family, who is determined to regain the throne he believes should rightfully belong to him. Agamemnon presents the return of the king to Argos. Firstly, for the sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia who was killed to appease the gods so that they would restore the winds allowing the Greek fleet to sail to Troy. Aeschylus Oresteia is a trilogy comprised of Agamemnon, Choephori (Libation Bearers), and Eumenides.

Waiting at home for him is his wife, Clytemnestra, who has been planning his murder as revenge. It tells the story of the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War. Or read online.Īgamemnon by ancient Greek author Aeschylus is the first of the three plays within the Oresteia trilogy. Home Ebooks Articles Buy Collections Donate F.A.Q About Contact Search ☰Īvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle (mobi and AZW3) ebook formats.

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