Oresteia
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The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes,
SNG Drama Ljubljana performs an adaptation of The Oresteia, in 1968
Orestes, Electra and Hermes in front of Agamemnon's tomb by Choephoroi Painter
Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Genealogy of Orestes
Clytemnestra
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In Greek mythology, Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Troy. With Agamemnon, she was the mother of Iphigeneia, Orestes, Electra, and Chrysothemis.
Oresteia
…The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies (also…
Clytemnestra by John Collier, 1882.
Orestes slaying Aegisthus and Clytemnestra, 1654 painting by Bernadino Mei
Murder of Agamemnon, painting by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1817)