Aeschylus II: The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides, Proteus (Fragments)
No CoverAeschylus II: The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides, Proteus (Fragments)
Mark Griffith, David Grene, Aeschylus, Glenn W. Most, Richmond Lattimore
2013·178 pages
Aeschylus’s Oresteia trilogy traces a cursed royal house through murder and vengeance toward civic justice and divine order.
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Aeschylus’s Oresteia trilogy traces a cursed royal house through murder and vengeance toward civic justice and divine order.
Details
- Release date
- 2013
- Pages
- 178
- ISBN
- 9780226311470
- Type
- Fiction
- Series
- The Complete Greek Tragedies
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Adultery and concubinage referenced; no explicit sexual scenes
Violence & gore
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Multiple murders with vivid blood imagery; child sacrifice and cannibalism backstory
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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Ritual libations and feasting with wine
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present
Religious content
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Greek gods, sacrifice, ritual pollution, and divine justice drive the plot
Magic & witchcraft
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Prophetic visions and supernatural curses as mythic elements
Occult / demonology
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Furies as chthonic avengers; blood curses and purification rites
Political content
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Central themes of justice, law versus vengeance, and civic order
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Child sacrifice, enslavement, matricide, and generational family slaughter
Other
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