Eumenides

Description

Eumenides is the third play in Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy, consisting of Agamemnon, Orestes, and the Eumenides. The play deals with the resolution of Orestes's guilt in the murder of his mother, Clytemnestra, whom he was compelled to kill in order to avenge the murder of his father, Agamemnon. Orestes is pursued by the Erinyes until his guilt can be expiated.

Subjects

Drama Orestes (Greek mythology) Erinyes (Greek mythology) open_syllabus_project Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author) Mythology, greek Greek drama, translations into english Greek drama (Tragedy) Translations into English Greek drama Apollo (Greek deity) English drama

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