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The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies (also called Erinyes or Eumenides).
In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (/ æ ɡ ə ˈ m ɛ m n ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Ἀγαμέμνων Agamémnōn) was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War.He was the son (or grandson) of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the father of Iphigenia, Iphianassa, Electra, Laodike, Orestes and Chrysothemis. [1]
Agamemnon is a 1738 tragedy by the British writer James Thomson. [1] It is based on the story of Agamemnon from Greek Mythology.. The original Drury Lane cast included James Quin as Agamemnon, William Milward as Egistus, Theophilus Cibber as Melisander, William Havard as Talthybius, Mary Porter as Clytemnestra, Sussanah Arne as Cassandra, Anne Brett as Electra and Thomas Wright as Arcas.
American deaf director Ethan Sinnott creates the first deaf translation of the Oresteia's Agamemnon in 2008. This play was designed specifically for deaf actors to perform for deaf audiences, but also provided captioning for hearing audience members, and makes use of the strong visual-based storytelling of the trilogy of the Oresteia.
The play tells the roughly same story as the Agamemnon by Aeschylus. [3] However the characterisation, structure, and themes of Seneca's play are very different from Aeschylus's play. [3] Agamemnon has only a relatively minor role in Seneca's play, compared with Clytemnestra and Cassandra who have large parts. [4]
The play is an adaptation of the original Greek tragedy Electra by Sophocles about a young woman named Electra trying to get revenge for the murder of her father, Agamemnon, by her mother ...
The play Agamemnon from Aeschylus's trilogy Oresteia depicts the king treading the scarlet cloth laid down for him, and walking offstage to his death. [29]: ln. 972 After the chorus's ode of foreboding, time is suspended in Cassandra's "mad scene". [30]: p. 11–16 She has been onstage, silent and ignored.
Agamemnon – the former king of Argos and the father of Orestes and Electra, Agamemnon was murdered by Aegisthus prior to the story's onset. Orestes' desire to avenge his father's death is a major plot device in the play.