The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon...

He was likely the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy. His Oresteia is the only extant ancient example. At least one of his plays was influenced...

Oresteia is a Greek opera by Iannis Xenakis originally composed in 1965 and 1966. The work is based on the Oresteia by Aeschylus. It is written for a...

king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Troy. In Aeschylus' Oresteia, she murders Agamemnon – said by Euripides to be her second husband – and...

Reflections of the Oresteia in the arts and popular culture show the influence of the classic trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus. Several composers have...

Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus is a 1981 oil-on-canvas triptych painting by Francis Bacon. It is one of 28 large triptych paintings by...

a vengeful soul in The Libation Bearers, the second play of Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy. She plans out an attack with her brother to kill their mother...

Oresteia (Орестея in Cyrillic) is an opera in three parts, eight tableaux, with music by Sergei Taneyev, composed during 1887–1894. The composer titled...

Homer at the end of the 8th century BC, and the second from Aeschylus's Oresteia, written in the 5th century BC. Aegisthus also features heavily in the...

much older works. In particular Orestes plays a main role in Aeschylus' Oresteia. The Greek name Ὀρέστης, having become "Orestēs" in Latin and its descendants...

very similar line can be found in the Agamemnon, the first play of the Oresteia trilogy by the ancient Greek tragedian and playwright Aeschylus. The line...

of Atreus. This story is the major plot line of Aeschylus's trilogy The Oresteia. Plato in his dialogue The Statesman tells a "famous tale" that "the sun...

vengeance The Eumenides, the third part of Aeschylus' Greek tragedy, the Oresteia This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Eumenides...

play a major role in the conclusion of Aeschylus's dramatic trilogy the Oresteia. In the first play, Agamemnon, King Agamemnon returns home from the Trojan...

thrown over him to prevent resistance. This is the case in Aeschylus's Oresteia. In Homer's version of the story in the Odyssey, Aegisthus ambushes and...

worked to establish the law and order set forth by Zeus. In Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy, Clytemnestra kills her husband, King Agamemnon because he had...

Anna and Kate with Kristin Scott Thomas. As Clytemnestra in Robert Icke's Oresteia Williams was nominated for both Olivier and Evening Standard Awards. Also...

at the Almeida Theatre, London, as Electra in a new adaptation of The Oresteia, to positive reviews. The production subsequently moved to the Trafalgar...

War by at least 300 years. The play Agamemnon from Aeschylus's trilogy Oresteia depicts the king treading the scarlet cloth laid down for him, and walking...

Sam Gibbs and Su Thomas Hendrickson in Oresteia by Aeschylus, adapted by Ryan Castalia for Stairwell Theater, 2019...

television. Higgins, Charlotte (30 July 2015). "Ancient Greek tragedy Oresteia receives surprise West End transfer". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November...

Doctor, and his modern adaptations of classic texts, including versions of Oresteia, Mary Stuart, and 1984, devised with Duncan Macmillan. Born in Stockton-on-Tees...

Nazi heyday. The Flies is also a modern take on Aeschylus’ trilogy, the Oresteia. While Sartre keeps many aspects of the original story by Aeschylus, he...

of an actor who committed matricide while acting in a production of the Oresteia, and starred Lynch regular Grace Zabriskie. In 2009, Lynch had plans to...

Oresteia by Aeschylus, adapted by Stairwell Theater, 2019...

include James in Tiger Country at the Hampstead Theatre, Orestes in the Oresteia at the Almeida Theatre and Laertes in the 2017 production of Hamlet. Thompson...

and fight in the Trojan War. In Agamemnon, the first play of Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy, Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus, murder...

website Lot description and auction details of "Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus" at Sotheby's website. Farah Nayeri, U.K. Buys Titian Diana...

sudden murder at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra in Aeschylus' The Oresteia or the inescapable situation Kate Hudson's character finds herself in at...

communication Polybius square Greek hydraulic semaphore system Aeschylus. Oresteia, Agamemnon (in Greek). p. 2. καὶ νῦν φυλάσσω λαμπάδος τό σύμβολον, αὐγὴν...