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Aeschylus
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was born in Eleusis, a Greek town near Athens, in 525 B.C. He
first of the great Greek tragedians, preceding both Sophocles and Euripides,
credited with inventing tragic drama. Prior to , plays were
primitive, consisting
of a single actor a .... Middle of Term Paper
... from Ancient Greece--is considered by many critics to be the greatest
Athenian
tragedy ever written, both for the power of its poetry and the strength of
its characters.
Agamemnon depicts the assassination of the title character by his wife,
Clytemnestra, and her lover; The Libation-Bearers continues the story with
the return of
Agamemnon's son, Orestes, who kills his mother and avenges his father.
Orestes is
pursued by the Furies in punishment for his matricide, and finally finds
refuge in Athens,
where the god Athena relieves him of his persecution.
The events of Agamemnon take place against a backdrop that would have ... |
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