Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright.
He is often recognized as the father of tragedy.
The Oresteia
A trilogy consists of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides.
Together, these plays tell the bloody story of the family of Agamemnon, King of Argos.
Agamemnon describes his death at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, who was angry for Agamemnon's sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia. And the jalousie about he had been keeping Cassandra.
The Libation Bearers continue the tale, opening with Clytemnestra's account of a nightmare in which she gives birth to a snake
The Eumenides is where the Furies pursue Orestes from Argos and into the wilderness.
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