The Agamemnon of Aeschylus

The Greek Tragedies

By:

Aeschylus

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Greek Tragedies

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Agamemnon of Aeschylus. Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics' knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in the theater and allowed conflict among them; characters previously had interacted only with the chorus. In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigenia, Electra or Laodike, Orestes and Chrysothemis. Aeschylus begins in Greece describing the return of King Agamemnon from his victory in the Trojan War, from the perspective of the towns people (the Chorus) and his wife, Clytemnestra. However, dark foreshadowings build to the death of the king at the hands of his wife, who was angry at his sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia, who was killed so that the gods would restore the winds and allow the Greek fleet to sail to Troy.

Release date Australia

June 26th, 2018

Author

Aeschylus

Series

Greek Tragedies

Contributor

Translated by Gilbert Murray

Pages

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

216x279x4

ISBN-13

9781721951840

Product ID

37215635

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