Oresteia [sound recording] / Aeschylus.

0786169087
9780786169085

Ashland, Or. : Blackstone Audiobooks, p2007.

English

4 sound discs (3 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

033000

PA3827.A7 C5813 2007ab

882/.01

Z4136 Blackstone Audiobooks

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.

Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Various readers ; performed by The Hollywood Theater of the Ear.

Audio adaptation written, produced and directed by Yuri Rasovsky from a translation by Ian Johnston

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