Oresteia Trilogy
Aeschylus
,Aeschylus life and achievements
• Often called the father of tragedy.
• He increased the number of characters.
• Diminished importance of chorus.
• He wanted to be remembered on his epitaph not on his
tragedies.
,Family Tree
, Summary of Oresteia
• Play one (Agamemnon)
• Agamemnon’s return from troy.
• Clytemnestra welcomes her husband.
• Agamemnon brings along with him a captured Trojan princess.
• Clytemnestra seduces Agamemnon into believing that he is
welcome.
• She kills him with an ax.
• Cassandra is also killed.
• Aegisthus lover of Clytemnestra comes and joins her in this
triumph.
Aeschylus
,Aeschylus life and achievements
• Often called the father of tragedy.
• He increased the number of characters.
• Diminished importance of chorus.
• He wanted to be remembered on his epitaph not on his
tragedies.
,Family Tree
, Summary of Oresteia
• Play one (Agamemnon)
• Agamemnon’s return from troy.
• Clytemnestra welcomes her husband.
• Agamemnon brings along with him a captured Trojan princess.
• Clytemnestra seduces Agamemnon into believing that he is
welcome.
• She kills him with an ax.
• Cassandra is also killed.
• Aegisthus lover of Clytemnestra comes and joins her in this
triumph.
