The Oresteia (Morshead)

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The Oresteia by Aeschylus, translated by E. D. A. Morshead

The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. Though originally written as tetrology, it is the only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays; the fourth play, Proteus, has not survived. The Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC. — Excerpted from The Oresteia on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This English translation was completed by English classicist and teacher E. D. A. Morshead, naming it The House of Atreus.

• Introduction by Morshead
• The Oresteia:
  • Agamemnon
  • The Libation Bearers (The Choephori)
  • The Furies (The Eumenides)

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