Agamemnon the first play of the great tragic trilogy, the Oresteia
Agamemnon is only the first play of the great tragic trilogy, the Oresteia. Aeschylus wrote the Oresteia around 458 B. C. E.. It is his sole trilogy to survive intact. Aeschylus probably acted in the first performances of the Oresteia. Plays were judged according to both high aesthetic criteria and the approval of the general … Read more
