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Oresteia, The by AESCHYLUS
by Daniel Whyte III
The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies. It tells the tragic tale of the House of Atreus, whose inhabitants have been cursed and are doomed to play out their bloody, vengeful destinies. At the beginning of the first part, the Trojan War has ended and the Greek general, Agamemnon, is returning victorious to his wife Clytemnestra. Yet she finds it difficult to forgive his sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, who was killed to ensure the Greek fleet fair winds in their voyage to Troy. Her desire for vengeance, and its dire consequences, instigates the action of these poetic tragedies. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast:AGAMEMNON, king of Mycenae - StephenCAEGISTHUS, cousin to Agamemnon - mbORESTES, son of Agamemnon - David O’ConnellCLYTEMNESTRA, wife of Agamemnon - Christie NowakCASSANDRA, a Trojan princess - Kristin HughesELECTRA, sister of Orestes - Clai
Episodes
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 21 -- Augustine's "Confessions"; Reading a Story, Pt. 25 -- How Much Does a Narr...
Our passage from the Word of God today is Luke 1:63 which reads: "And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all." Our quote today is from Ezra Pound. He said: "Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree."…
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 20 -- Augustine's "Confessions"; Reading a Story, Pt. 24 -- How Much Does a Narr...
Our passage from the Word of God today is 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 which reads: "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not…
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 17 -- Augustine's "Confessions"; Reading a Story, Pt. 21 -- Point of View
Our passage from the Word of God today is Revelation 1:3 which reads: "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand." Our quote today is from Gustave Flaubert. He said: "An author in his book…
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 16 -- Gospel of Luke; Reading a Story, Pt. 20 -- Thinking About Plot
Our passage from the Word of God today is Exodus 32:15-16 which reads: "And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. And the tables were the…
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 14 -- Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha'; Reading a Story, Pt. 18 -- John Updike's 'A&P' Continued
Our passage from the Word of God today is 1 Timothy 4:13 which reads: "Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine." Our quote today is from Frederick Douglas. He said: "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." Our first topic for today is "Spirituality as…
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 13 -- Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha'; Reading a Story, Pt. 17 -- John Updike's 'A&P' Continued
Our passage from the Word of God today is Job 19:23 which reads: "Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!" Our quote today is from John Green. He said: "Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the...
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 12 -- Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha'; Reading a Story, Pt. 16 -- John Updike's 'A&P' Continued
Our passage from the Word of God today is Psalm 45:1 which reads: "My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer." Our quote today is from Lafcadio Hearn. He said: "For this reason, to study English literature...
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 11 -- Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha'; Reading a Story, Pt. 15 -- John Updike's 'A&P'
Our passage from the Word of God today is Exodus 32:15-16 which reads: "And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. And the tables were the…
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 10 -- Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"; Reading a Story, Pt. 13 -- John Updike
Our passage from the Word of God today is 2 Chronicles 35:25 which reads: "And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations."…
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 9 -- Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"; Reading a Story, Pt. 13 -- Short Story
Our passage from the Word of God today is 1 Chronicles 29:29 which reads: "Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer." Our quote today is from F. Scott Fitzgerald....
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 8 -- Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha"; Reading a Story, Pt. 12 -- Plot
Our passage from the Word of God today is 2 Kings 12:19 which reads: "Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?" Our quote today is from Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He said: "Ultimately, literature is nothing but...
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 7 -- Hermann Hesse; Reading a Story, Pt. 11 -- Plot
Our passage from the Word of God today is 1 Kings 11:41 which reads: "And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?" Our quote today is from Ezra Pound. He said: "Great literature is simply language charged with...
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 6 -- Lao-Tzu; Reading a Story, Pt. 10
Our passage from the Word of God today is 2 Kings 23:21 which reads: "And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant." Our quote today is from Samuel Butler. He said: "Every man's work, whether it be…
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 5 -- Lao-Tzu; Reading a Story, Pt. 9
Our passage from the Word of God today is Joshua 24:26 which reads: "And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord." Our quote today is from Gao Xingjian. He said: "It's in literature…
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 4 -- Buddha; Reading a Story, Pt. 8
Our passage from the Word of God today is Luke 1:3 which reads: "It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus." Our quote today is from C. S. Lewis. He said: "Literature adds to reality, it…
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 3 -- Buddha; Reading a Story, Pt. 7
Our passage from the Word of God today is Deuteronomy 31:24 which reads: "And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished." Our quote today is from Boris Pasternak. She said: "Literature is the art of discovering something...
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 2 -- Buddha; Reading a Story, Pt. 6
Our passage from the Word of God today is Psalm 45:1 which reads: "My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer." Our quote today is from Helen Keller. She said: "Literature is my Utopia." In this podcast, we are...
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Spirituality as Quest, Pt. 1 -- Buddha; Reading a Story, Pt. 5
Our passage from the Word of God today is 1 Kings 11:41 which reads: "Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?" Our quote today is from C. S. Lewis. He said: "Even in literature and art, no man who bothers...
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Art and the Divine, Pt 4; Reading a Story, Pt 4
Our passage from the Word of God today is Psalm 139:16 which reads: "Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them." Our quote today is from Francine Rivers. He said: "I…
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Art and the Divine, Pt 3; Reading a Story, Pt 3
Our passage from the Word of God today is Deuteronomy 31:24 which reads: "And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished." Our quote today is from R. Payne Smith. He said: "The books of men have their day and grow obsolete.…
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The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies. It tells the tragic tale of the House of Atreus, whose inhabitants have been cursed and are doomed to play out their bloody, vengeful destinies. At the beginning of the first part, the Trojan War has ended and the Greek general, Agamemnon, is returning victorious to his wife Clytemnestra. Yet she finds it difficult to forgive his sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, who was killed to ensure the Greek fleet fair winds in their voyage to Troy. Her desire for vengeance, and its dire consequences, instigates the action of these poetic tragedies. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast:AGAMEMNON, king of Mycenae - StephenCAEGISTHUS, cousin to Agamemnon - mbORESTES, son of Agamemnon - David O’ConnellCLYTEMNESTRA, wife of Agamemnon - Christie NowakCASSANDRA, a Trojan princess - Kristin HughesELECTRA, sister of Orestes - Clai
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Daniel Whyte III
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