The Oresteia | The Oresteia

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Author: Aeschylus
First Published: 458
Type of Work: Drama
Type of Plot: Tragedy
Time of Work: After the fall of ancient Troy
Genres: Drama, Tragedy
Subjects: Mythology or myths, Slavery or slaves, Religion, Kings, queens, or royalty, Gods or goddesses, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Tragedy, Rites or ceremonies, Greek or Roman times, Priests, Greece or Greek people, Princes or princesses
Locales: Greece, Athens, ancient, Delphi, ancient, Argos, ancient

Agamemnon’s palace. Royal palace of King Agamemnon at Argos. In ancient productions of this play, at the open-air theater of Dionysus in Athens, the palace was represented by the skene, a two-story wooden building located at the rear of the stage. There, as in most Greek tragedies, place is of much less importance than space. The large central door of the skene provides an entrance into an inner, “private” space concealed from the audience’s view. When Agamemnon comes on stage fresh from his victory at Troy, he is greeted publicly by his wife, in full...

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