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Agamemnon by Aeschylus. Originally performed in 458 BC, Agamemnon is the first play in Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy, which also includes Libation Bearers and Eumenides. The play is set in front of the palace of Argos and begins with a Watcher noticing a beacon fire which signals the return of Argos ’ king, Agamemnon, ten years after sailing ...
Download: A 85k text-only version is available for download . Agamemnon By Aeschylus Written 458 B.C.E Translated by E. D. A. Morshead. Dramatis Personae A WATCHMAN CHORUS OF ARGIVE ELDERS CLYTEMNESTRA, wife of AGAMEMNON A HERALD AGAMEMNON, King of Argos CASSANDRA, daughter of Priam, and slave of AGAMEMNON AEGISTHUS, son of Thyestes, cousin of ...
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Apr 27, 2021 · Agamemnon can be analysed as an example of a common trope found throughout various cultures and their myths: the killing of the king. Agamemnon, King of Mycenae in some versions of the story but Lord of Argos in Aeschylus’ play, must be slaughtered at the end of the war he had helped to win, to make way for the new.
Agamemnon is a tragedy by Aeschylus that was first performed around 458 BCE. Known as the “father of tragedy,” Aeschylus wrote Agamemnon as the first play of his trilogy The Oresteia —followed by The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides. Of the plays in the trilogy, Agamemnon contains the strongest command of language and characterization.
Sep 18, 2018 · The play Agamemnon was written by one of the greatest Greek tragedians Aeschylus (c. 525 – 455 BCE), “Father of Greek Tragedy .”. Older than both Sophocles and Euripides, he was the most popular and influential of all tragedians of his era. Winning first prize at the Dionysia competition in 458 BCE, Agamemnon was the first play in a ...
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Mar 8, 2023 · The Agamemnon is an Attic tragedy by Aeschylus, one of the three canonical tragedians of classical Athens. It was originally produced in 458 BCE for the City Dionysia, an annual dramatic festival in which playwrights would compete to entertain the citizens of Athens. The playdramatizes Clytemnestra ’s murder of her husband Agamemnon after his ...
Jan 11, 2022 · Introduction – Who wrote Agamemnon. “Agamemnon” is the first of the three linked tragedies which make up “The Oresteia” trilogy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, followed by “The Libation Bearers” and “The Eumenides” . The trilogy as a whole, originally performed at the annual Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BCE ...
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