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Oresteia (řecky Ὀρέστεια) je dramatická trilogie starořeckého dramatika Aischyla.Skládá se z her Agamemnón, Oběť na hrobě a Usmířené lítice.Původně byla její součástí i čtvrtá hra (tzv. satyrské drama) Proteus, ale ta se nedochovala.Dnes se proto Oresteiou obvykle myslí jen soubor těchto tří her. Poprvé byla Oresteia hrána na slavnostech Dionýsa v ...
27 de jul. de 2020 · Considered by the Greeks the “father of tragedy,” Aeschylus, “more than anyone,” according to classical scholar C. M. Bowra, “laid the true foundations of tragedy and established the forms and spirit which marked it out from other kinds of poetry.”. The Oresteia, the only surviving Attic tragic trilogy, dramatizes the working out of ...
Back to Top of Page. “The Oresteia“ trilogy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus consists of the three linked plays “Agamemnon” , “The Libation Bearers” and “The Eumenides” . The trilogy as a whole, originally performed at the annual Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BCE, where it won first prize, is considered to be ...
Eumenides. Of the life of Aeschylus, the first of the three great masters of Greek tragedy, only a very meager outline has come down to us. He was born at Eleusis, near Athens, B. C. 525, the son of Euphorion. Before he was twenty-five he began to compete for the tragic prize, but did not win a victory for twelve years.
265-371. Orestes, Electra and Chorus lament the unheroic nature of Agamemnon's death. 372-460. Orestes and Electra decide the proper recourse is to kill Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. 461-509. Orestes and Electra pray to Agamemnon's shade and various gods for permission to carry out the murders. 510-584.
The Oresteia is a cycle of three plays, written by the playwright Aeschylus, about Orestes, the son of Agamemnon. All Greek tragedies were written in trilogies, but this is the only example of a trilogy that still exists. The Oresteia was produced at the Greater Dionysia Festival in 458 BC, where it won first prize. The Agamemnon.
This is the only general introduction in English to Aeschylus' Oresteia, one of the most important and most influential of all Greek dramas. It discusses the Greek drama festival and the social and political background of Greek tragedy, and offers a reading of this central trilogy. Simon Goldhill focuses on the play's themes of justice, ...
