Oresteia

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Aeschylus

525 BCE – 456 BCE

When the god Dionysus enters the underworld in Aristophanes’ comedy Frogs, he discovers that the most talented person in every field of art holds there a seat of honor and that Aeschylus holds the chair of tragedy.

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Choephoroi by Aeschylus, directed by Peter Hall,... Performance

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Agamemnon by Aeschylus, directed by Peter Hall,... Performance

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Eumenides by Aeschylus, directed by Peter Hall,... Performance

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Aegisthus Murdering Agamemnon, c. 470 BCE. Contemporaneous Resource

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"Les Eumenides" from Oresteia, by Iannis... Artistic Response

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