- Drama (dramatic works by one author), Aeschylus, Greek literature, history and criticism, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author)
"Orestes' parents are at war. A family drama spanning several decades, a huge, moving, bloody saga, Aeschylus' greatest and final play asks whether justice can ever be done - and continues to resonate more than two millennia after it was written."--Publisher description.
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- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Aeschylus
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 207
- Publisher
- Digireads.com, Oberon Books, Limited, Oxford University Press
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- grc, English
- ISBN
- 9780199537815
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Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father of tragedy and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.
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