Oresteia [sound recording] / Aeschylus.
Aeschylus.; Aeschylus. Oresteia.; Rasovsky, Yuri.; Hollywood Theater of the Ear.
2007
PA3827.A7 C5813 2007ab (Mapit)
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Title Oresteia [sound recording] / Aeschylus.
Author Aeschylus.
ISBN 0786169087
9780786169085
Imprint Ashland, Or. : Blackstone Audiobooks, p2007.
Language English
Description 4 sound discs (3 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Duration 033000
Call Number PA3827.A7 C5813 2007ab
Dewey Decimal Classification 882/.01
Distributor No. Z4136 Blackstone Audiobooks
Summary The Oresteia by Aeschylus, the only extant trilogy among the Greek tragedies, is one of the great foundational texts of Western culture. Beginning with Agamemnon, which describes Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War and his murder at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra, and continuing through Orestes' murder of Clytemnestra in Libation Bearers and his acquittal at Athena's court in Eumenides, the trilogy traces the evolution of justice in human society from blood vengeance to the rule of law. The story of the house of Atreus is a tale of incest, adultery, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and political intrigue. It is also a story in which human action is simultaneously willed and determined.
Note Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Various readers ; performed by The Hollywood Theater of the Ear.
Credits Audio adaptation written, produced and directed by Yuri Rasovsky from a translation by Ian Johnston
Added Author Aeschylus. Oresteia.
Rasovsky, Yuri.
Added Corporate Author Hollywood Theater of the Ear.
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Agamemnon
Libation bearers
Eumenides.

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