The only complete three-part dramatic cycle that has survived from ancient Athens, the Oresteia trilogy explores timeless questions, highly relevant to our own city today. Richard Zeile of DetroitĪTTENDANT WOMAN of Athena, read by Jennifer StearnsĬHORUS in The Libation-Bearers, read by Jc GuanĬHORUS in The Furies, read by Kara Shallenberg, Rosalind Wills, and Christie Nowakįor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture presents a 3-seminar mini-course focused on Aeschylus’s Oresteia. NURSE to Orestes and Electra, read by Elizabeth KlettĪTTENDANT of Aegisthus, read by Fr. PYTHIA, a priestess of Apollo, read by Kirsten FerreriĪ WATCHMAN at Mycenae, read by Joe Earley ORESTES, son of Agamemnon, read by David O'ConnellĬLYTEMNESTRA, wife of Agamemnon, read by Christie NowakĬASSANDRA, a Trojan princess, read by Kristin HughesĮLECTRA, sister of Orestes, read by Claire GogetĪPOLLO, god of the Delphic oracle, read by Andrew LebrunĪTHENA, goddess of wisdom, read by Catharine Eastman
(Summary by Elizabeth Klett)ĪGAMEMNON, king of Mycenae, read by StephenCĪEGISTHUS, cousin to Agamemnon, read by mb Her desire for vengeance, and its dire consequences, instigates the action of these poetic tragedies. Yet she finds it difficult to forgive his sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, who was killed to ensure the Greek fleet fair winds in their voyage to Troy. At the beginning of the first part, the Trojan War has ended and the Greek general, Agamemnon, is returning victorious to his wife Clytemnestra. It tells the tragic tale of the House of Atreus, whose inhabitants have been cursed and are doomed to play out their bloody, vengeful destinies.
It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies. The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece.
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