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Aeschylus’s classic trilogy, The Oresteia, traces the events leading up to the Trojan War and Clytemnestra’s revenge on her husband for the murder of their daughter. The other two plays deal with the outcome of Agamemnon’s death at the hands of his wife and Clytemnestra’s death at the hands of their son, Orestes. A smash hit since 458 B.C.E., The Oresteia has influenced the development of tragic drama ever since.
Medea, Euripides’s fourth-century B.C.E. blood tragedy explores the impact of characters caught in a cycle of revenge and murder. Much...
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