Aeschylus' Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides | Ancient Greek Tragedy

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Aeschylus' Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides | Ancient Greek Tragedy

from The Literature Humanities Radio Hour on WKCR 89.9FM: Literary Classics in Conversation · host thomaspreston

Thomas, Larry and Katrina discuss the story of Agamemnon's bloody return home: his death in the bathtub at the hands of his wife, Clytaemestra; his wife's death at the hands of HER OWN SON ORESTES; and the eventual establishment of a court after Orestes is hounded by vengeful spirits with eyes oozing slime and blood. Turn up, tune in, get grossed out.

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