The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides
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In the Oresteia-the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity- Aeschylus took as his theme the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family tree of Argos. Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, it’s spirit of struggle and regeneration is eternal.
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This book was dull, and poorly setup….It consists of too much stupid diction, and the tone fails it in many places.
If you have to read this for a class, or are considering a form of suicide, then turn to this book..
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Sure the poetry is fantastic,
but these three plays make a tiny episode in modern terms…
A very slow one at that.
The three plays:
1) Agamemnon: The killing of the returned King and Cassandra the prediction by the wife and the cousin
2) The Libation Bearers: The meeting of Orestes and Electra at the gave and the killing of
the mother and cousin
3) The Eumenides: the examination by Athena of Orestes with Apollo defending
As plays go they are more excess of dialog than action…
many too long and very heavy speeches.
There are too many questions about the natures of these sins and the justice of revenge when men are the top civil power in the bronze age, so later plays like these that bring in gods as judges were formulated. These plays survived their age to bring us the Greek ideals of justice,
but they fail to keep a modern audience awake!
I’m not impressed by Aeschylus’ plays compared to additional Greek plays that I’ve read by Sophocles.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
Yes, Aeschylus borrowed from Sophocles when he abandoned the thought of having only 2 actors language at once, Aeschylus is even better writing with a third actor. I suppose Sophocles and Aeschylus need me “reviewing” them about as much as Shakespeare or Leonardo da Vinci do. At any rate, the Oresteia is an brilliant piece, and who else but Robert Fagles to translate them? Fagles makes a readable translation, with a lyrical quality at times. Buy this book, you won’t regret it. If you have read the Theban plays(Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone), and liked them, then you will feel right at home here. If you haven’t read the Theban plays(by Sophocles BTW), do so, Fagles translated persons as well.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
i first came across these tales when I was 14, i read them again in collage and have read them ever since. the Oresteia is essential literature, if nothing else because of the references it has generated over all of western Literature some examples being Dune by frank Herbert and Orestes by Perfect Circle. also because it is a really intresting study of family tree dynamics. i also recomend reading it BEFORE it is assigned to you. renovate your own thoughts to present to a class, get your own thought of it in your mind. I bought this paritcular translation because it was the one i was familar with an a decent one.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Like Bach’s composition, the Oresteia expresses early on the full panorama of the human spirit and soul. How do you stop the violence (in Iraq, Palestine, anywhere)? Moral lesson: Just Stop! This is mandatory reading for anyone who wants to place the DNA of Western Civilization under the microscope.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5