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Trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus
The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by
Oresteia
5th-century BC Athenian Greek tragedian
was likely the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy, with his Oresteia being the only extant ancient example. At least one of his plays was influenced
Aeschylus
Figure from Greek mythology
a vengeful soul in The Libation Bearers, the second play of Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy. In the field of psychology, the Electra complex is named after
Electra
1903 riot in Greece
The Oresteia riots (Greek: Ορεστειακά, Orestiaka) were a series of riots against the translation of the ancient tragedy Oresteia into Demotic Greek. The
Oresteia_riots
Figure from Greek mythology
mythology". Clytemnestra is one of the main characters in Aeschylus's Oresteia, and is central to the plot of all three parts. She murders Agamemnon in
Clytemnestra
Opera by Sergei Taneyev
Oresteia (Russian: Орестея) is an opera in three parts, eight tableaux, with music by Sergei Taneyev, composed during 1887–1894. The composer titled this
Oresteia_(opera)
British actress and director (born 1964)
for her work in The Revengers' Comedies (1992), Skylight (1997), and Oresteia (2015). Williams was born in Birkenhead. She graduated from the London
Lia_Williams
Figure from Greek mythology
three daughters: Chrysothemis, Laodike, and Iphianassa. In Aeschylus' Oresteia, he has one son, Orestes, and two daughters, Iphigenia and Electra; Sophocles'
Agamemnon
Triptych by Francis Bacon
Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus is a 1981 oil-on-canvas triptych painting by Francis Bacon. It is one of 28 large triptych paintings by
Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus
Triptych_Inspired_by_the_Oresteia_of_Aeschylus
Figure in Greek mythology
Homer at the end of the 8th century BC, and the second from Aeschylus's Oresteia, written in the 5th century BC. Aegisthus also features heavily in the
Aegisthus
Greek opera by Iannis Xenakis
Oresteia is a Greek opera by Iannis Xenakis originally composed in 1965 and 1966. The work is based on the Oresteia by Aeschylus. It is written for a
Oresteia_(Xenakis)
English playwright and theatre director (born 1986)
Doctor, and his modern adaptations of classic texts, including versions of Oresteia, Mary Stuart, and 1984, devised with Duncan Macmillan. Born in Stockton-on-Tees
Robert_Icke
Figure in Greek mythology
much older works. In particular Orestes plays a main role in Aeschylus' Oresteia. The Greek name Ὀρέστης, having become "Orestēs" in Latin and its descendants
Orestes
English actor (born 1995)
The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield Duke of York's Theatre 2025–2026 All My Sons George Deever Wyndham's Theatre 2026 The Oresteia Augie Bridge Theatre
Tom_Glynn-Carney
Comedy by Aristophanes
dances to close The Wasps is indicative of the effects of aging. Aeschylus' Oresteia was first performed 36 years before Aristophanes' The Wasps, and some classicists
The_Wasps
Reflections of the Oresteia in the arts and popular culture show the influence of the classic trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus. Several composers have
The Oresteia in the arts and popular culture
The_Oresteia_in_the_arts_and_popular_culture
King of Mycenae, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus
of Atreus. This story is the major plot line of Aeschylus's trilogy The Oresteia. Plato in his dialogue The Statesman tells a "famous tale" that "the sun
Atreus
English actress (born 1987)
at the Almeida Theatre, London, as Electra in a new adaptation of The Oresteia, to positive reviews. The production subsequently moved to the Trafalgar
Jessica_Brown_Findlay
English actress (born 2005)
appeared on the London stage as Iphigenia in Robert Icke's adaptation of Oresteia. She had further roles as Rosalind in Alexi Kay Campbell's Sunset at the
Dixie_Egerickx
English actor (born 1988)
include James in Tiger Country at the Hampstead Theatre, Orestes in the Oresteia at the Almeida Theatre and Laertes in the 2017 production of Hamlet. In
Luke_Thompson_(actor)
Proverb found in the Christian Gospel of Matthew
very similar line can be found in the Agamemnon, the first play of the Oresteia trilogy by the ancient Greek tragedian and playwright Aeschylus. The line
Live by the sword, die by the sword
Live_by_the_sword,_die_by_the_sword
American actress
received a Drama League Award nomination for her portrayal of Elektra in An Oresteia as well as a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for her performance in Edward
Annika_Boras
American filmmaker (1946–2025)
of an actor who committed matricide while acting in a production of the Oresteia, and stars Grace Zabriskie. In 2009, Lynch had plans to direct a documentary
David_Lynch
English actress
deprecated archival service (link) Alfred Hickling (29 October 2015). "The Oresteia review – gripping Aeschylus in a hellish beach resort". The Guardian. Retrieved
Lyndsey_Marshal
2010 film by Shyamaprasad
four adaptations of the myth: Electra by Sophocles, Electra by Euripides, Oresteia by Aeschylus and Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O’Neill (1931). Key
Elektra_(2010_film)
Scottish actor and director
in Glasgow. He has also appeared at the Citizens Theatre as Orestes in Oresteia This Restless House and Edmund in Long Day's Journey Into Night in 2017
Lorn_Macdonald
Indo-European language
outbreak of riots – such as the Evangelika (Gospel riots) and the Orestiaka (Oresteia riots) – and even deaths. The historical unity and continuing identity
Greek_language
Trilogy of plays about the Titan Prometheus
to mirror the title of Aeschylus' only extant trilogy, the Oresteia. Unlike the Oresteia, only one play from this trilogy—Prometheus Bound—survives.
Prometheia
Canadian poet and academic (born 1950)
It was eventually published in 2001 and included in her 2009 book An Oresteia, which won the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation in 2010. Featuring Aeschylus'
Anne_Carson
Orestès (Orestes). It was an adaptation of the first two parts of Aeschylus' Oresteia (Agamemnon and Libation Bearers). The text was printed in de Lisle's collection
Les_Érinnyes
1943 play by Jean-Paul Sartre
Nazi heyday. The Flies is also a modern take on Aeschylus’ trilogy, the Oresteia. While Sartre keeps many aspects of the original story by Aeschylus, he
The_Flies
English poet (1937–2025)
poem "V", as well as his versions of dramatic works such as the tragedies Oresteia and Lysistrata from ancient Greek, Molière's The Misanthrope from French
Tony_Harrison
Chthonic female deities of vengeance in Greek mythology
play a major role in the conclusion of Aeschylus's dramatic trilogy the Oresteia. In the first play, Agamemnon, King Agamemnon returns home from the Trojan
Erinyes
Substances applied to the body to change appearance or fragrance
Actor Marcus Stewart wearing bold face makeup in the play Oresteia by Aeschylus (2019)
Cosmetics
Mythological prophetess and princess of Troy
non fallit meos: / spectemus.)." In Aeschylus' Agamemnon, a play in the Oresteia trilogy, Cassandra has been taken by Agamemnon to Mycenae, where they are
Cassandra
Play written by Eugene O'Neill
retelling of the Oresteia by Aeschylus. The characters parallel characters from the ancient Greek plays. For example, Agamemnon from the Oresteia becomes General
Mourning_Becomes_Electra
Makeup as used by theatrical performers
Oresteia by Aeschylus, adapted by Stairwell Theater, 2019
Theatrical_makeup
British actress (born 1965)
Almeida Theatre 2012 The Effect Royal National Theatre, London 2015 Hamlet Gertrude Barbican Centre, London 2022 Oresteia Klytemnestra Park Avenue Armory
Anastasia_Hille
German-born, London-based costume and set designer (born 1951)
Broadway, Ethel Barrymore Theatre 2012 Top Hat West End, Aldwych Theatre 2015 Oresteia Designer West End, Trafalgar Theatre 2017 Hamlet Costume Designer West
Hildegard_Bechtler
1944 triptych by Francis Bacon
Bacon. The canvasses are based on the Eumenides—or Furies—of Aeschylus's Oresteia, and depict three writhing anthropomorphic creatures set against a flat
Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion
Three_Studies_for_Figures_at_the_Base_of_a_Crucifixion
British actor
August 2019. Higgins, Charlotte (30 July 2015). "Ancient Greek tragedy Oresteia receives surprise West End transfer". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November
Angus_Wright_(actor)
Topics referred to by the same term
vengeance The Eumenides, the third part of Aeschylus' Greek tragedy, the Oresteia This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Eumenides
Eumenides
Play by Aeschylus
Aeschylus. It was probably first performed "only a few years previous to the Oresteia, which was brought out 458 BC." It seems to be the first play in a tetralogy
The_Suppliants_(Aeschylus)
Storytelling by enacting a character
Sam Gibbs and Su Thomas Hendrickson in Oresteia by Aeschylus, adapted by Ryan Castalia for Stairwell Theater, 2019
Acting
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Euripides' play reworks important aspects of the story found in Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy (especially the second play, Libation Bearers) and also in Sophocles'
Electra_(Euripides_play)
Form of theatre from Ancient Greece
Suppliants (Ἱκέτιδες / Hiketides), probably 463 BC; The trilogy Oresteia (Ὀρέστεια / Oresteia), 458 BC, consisting of: Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων / Agamemnon);
Greek_tragedy
1981 novel by Joyce Carol Oates
Greek myth concerning the House of Atreus, dramatized by Aeschylus in his Oresteia. The title of the novel is an explicit reference to the sobriquet that
Angel_of_Light_(novel)
Dutch actress and filmmaker (born 1975)
return to the stage with Oresteia, where she portrayed the character of Elektra under the direction of Johan Simons. Oresteia was collaboration between
Halina_Reijn
English actor (born 1954)
Year Title Role Notes 1983 Privates on Parade Sergeant Charles Bishop The Oresteia Chorus 1985 The Doctor and the Devils Cronin 1988 High Hopes Rupert 1991
David_Bamber
English actor (1901–1989)
the role of Orestes in two parts of the sensational production of the Oresteia of Aeschylus. This was followed by Lord Belvoir in The Man Who Ate the
Maurice_Evans_(actor)
Novel by Colm Tóibín
House of Names is a 2017 novel by Colm Tóibín, retelling the legend of the Oresteia, with divine elements largely removed and including a lengthy account of
House_of_Names
American professor, poet and academic (1933–2008)
Fagles began translating much Greek drama, beginning with Aeschylus's The Oresteia. He went on to publish translations of Sophocles's three Theban plays (1982)
Robert_Fagles
1970 Italian film
Pasolini about Pasolini's preparations for making a film version of the Oresteia set in Africa. The film starts as a cinematic notebook of Pasolini scouting
Notes Towards an African Orestes
Notes_Towards_an_African_Orestes
Lost trilogy by Aeschylus, consisting of The Myrmidons, The Nereids, and The Phrygians
overall content can be reconstructed with reasonable certainty. Like the Oresteia which forms "a narratively connected unit with a continuous plot," the
Achilleis_(trilogy)
American opera singer (1930–1988)
created the role of Orin Mannon (the equivalent of Orestes in Aeschylus' Oresteia) in the world premiere of Marvin David Levy's Mourning Becomes Electra
John_Reardon_(baritone)
Uzbekistani theatre director
Theatre Institute, Kiev. His last production was the Greek tragedy The Oresteia; he was murdered the day before it was scheduled to open, and the actors
Mark_Weil
River in Greek mythology
(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 631–632. Aeschylus. "Agamemnon". Oresteia. Oxford University Press. verse 1160. ISBN 978-019-953781-5. Then, I was
Cocytus
American heavy metal band
writing projects such as the metal opera The House of Atreus (based on Oresteia and the Greek myth related to the Atreides) in 1999/2000 and the soundtrack
Virgin_Steele
British actor
Jesus Christ in The Nativity/The Passion (1980) and Clytemnestra in The Oresteia (1981–1982), Sir Lucius O'Trigger in The Rivals (1983–1984), Napoleon in
Pip_Donaghy
2000 studio album by Virgin Steele
This album is the second and final part of a metal opera inspired by the Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end
The_House_of_Atreus_Act_II
English actress (1938–2020)
sketch in Christmas show 1977 Three Piece Suite Various 6 episodes 1979 Oresteia Clytemnestra mini-series 1980 The Marquise Eloise TV film 1981 Hedda Gabler
Diana_Rigg
English actor
physicality associated with these disciplines in a masked production of Oresteia (1981), directed by his mentor at the National Theatre, Peter Hall. In
Greg_Hicks
Genre of drama based on human suffering
linked stories. Only one complete trilogy of tragedies has survived, the Oresteia of Aeschylus. The Greek theatre was in the open air, on the side of a hill
Tragedy
Event from Greek mythology
and fight in the Trojan War. In Agamemnon, the first play of Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy, Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus, murder
Orestes_Pursued_by_the_Furies
South Korean actress (born 1972)
Wit Art in June Art Soo-yeon Boy's Life 2007 Reflection 8 Femmes Louise Oresteia Cassandra 2008 The Tenant An Exploration of the Mind 2009 Turn Around and
Jin_Kyung
Professor of English Literature at Oxford University 29 December 2005 The Oresteia Edith Hall, Professor of Greek Cultural History at Durham University Simon
List of In Our Time programmes
List_of_In_Our_Time_programmes
Transfer of the meaning of something in one language into another
Wilson, "Ah, how miserable!" (review of three separate translations of The Oresteia by Aeschylus: by Oliver Taplin, Liveright, November 2018; by Jeffrey Scott
Translation
Narrative technique
sudden murder at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra in Aeschylus' The Oresteia or the inescapable situation Kate Hudson's character finds herself in at
Plot_twist
British classicist (born 1957)
Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0-521-31579-1 Language, Sexuality, Narrative: The Oresteia, Cambridge University Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-521-26535-5 "GOLDHILL, Prof
Simon_Goldhill
1947 film
1931 Eugene O'Neill play Mourning Becomes Electra, based in turn on the Oresteia. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina
Mourning Becomes Electra (film)
Mourning_Becomes_Electra_(film)
Canadian-American film and television actress
Glass Menagerie Amanda UCLA Shakespeare Perf.Group A Scenario for the Oresteia Clytemestra West Coast Ensemble Eddie Quinn Barbara World Premiere, West
Joyce_Meadows
Mythical Greek king of Thebes
Eteocles and Polynices kill each other warring over the throne. Much like his Oresteia, the trilogy would have detailed the tribulations of a House over three
Oedipus
Agamemnon 1973 Belgium Orestea 1975 Italy Atreides 1979 TV movie, Greece Oresteia 1979 TV mini-series, UK Prometheus Retrogressing 1998 Le Rêve Plus Fort
List of films based on Greek drama
List_of_films_based_on_Greek_drama
Austrian actress
Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Volksbühne, Elektra in Aeschylus' The Oresteia, Regan in Shakespeare's King Lear, both staged at the Großes Schauspielhaus
Maria_Fein
English artist and writer (1921–1975)
Max Reinhardt 1957: Golden Sections. London: Methuen 1961: The Aeschylus Oresteia. New York: The Heritage Press. Translated from the Greek by E.D.A. Morshead
Michael_Ayrton
Danish actress (born 1978)
needed] Dorner played the role of Electra at Odense Teater's staging of the Oresteia and Mrs. Martins in The Bald Singer in the 2008/2009 theatre season. She
Iben_Dorner
1933 painting by Francis Bacon
theme of the Crucifixion, adding organic forms inspired by Aeschylus's Oresteia, in his breakthrough work, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion
Crucifixion (Francis Bacon, 1933)
Crucifixion_(Francis_Bacon,_1933)
Turkish actor (born 1961)
1993 Küçük Burjuvalar: Bertolt Brecht - İstanbul Devlet Tiyatrosu - 1992 Oresteia: Aiskhylos - İstanbul Devlet Tiyatrosu - 1991 Fırtına: William Shakespeare
Uğur_Polat
Epic poem attributed to Homer
were a favourite among ancient Greek dramatists. Aeschylus' trilogy, the Oresteia, comprising Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides, follows
Iliad
British journalist and theatre critic
considered the greatest moments in the history of the artform, from Aeschylus' Oresteia to Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem. Nightingale has contributed to many newspapers
Benedict_Nightingale
Ancient Roman theater in Athens
scenery of some description, the strongest evidence of which is from the Oresteia that requires a number of entrances and exits from a palace door. Whether
Theatre_of_Dionysus
Greek actor and director (1899–1982)
Theatre in 1932 in England and Germany. He acted in the Aeschylus trilogy Oresteia at the Herodes Atticus Odeum in Athens in 1949, presented by the political
Dimitris_Rontiris
Ancient city in northwest Asia Minor
Odyssey, as well as in other ancient Greek literature, such as Aeschylus's Oresteia. The Homeric legend of Troy was elaborated by the Roman poet Virgil in
Troy
Abstract painter (1903–1970)
with civilized passivity, using imagery drawn primarily from Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy. A list of Rothko's paintings from this period illustrates his
Mark_Rothko
Greek national theater organization
more productions. One of the most famous of the period was Aeschylus' Oresteia, staged in a prose translation by Yorgos Sotiriadis. The production sparked
National_Theatre_of_Greece
Cognitive or an emotional experience
merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 13 October 2020. Robert Fagles trans., The Oresteia (Penguin 1981) p. 92 "Nathaniel Hawthorne". americanliterature.com. Retrieved
Guilt_(emotion)
Italian actress (1941–2013)
only sporadically returned to the stage in productions like Aeschylus' Oresteia in 1972 and Carlo Bertolazzi's El nost Milan in 1979, the latter directed
Mariangela_Melato
English actress (born 1995)
Importance of Being Earnest, Julius Caesar, King Lear, The Laramie Project, The Oresteia, The Provoked Wife, and Stoning Mary. Shortly after her graduation, Dulau
Elizabeth_Dulau
1999 studio album by Virgin Steele
Barbaric-Romantic Opera. This album is the first part of a metal opera inspired by the Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end
The_House_of_Atreus_Act_I
Verse adaptation by Seamus Heaney of Sophocles' play Philoctetes
Heaney also reworked The Testament of Cresseid, and had drawn on the Oresteia of Aeschylus for his sequence of poems "Mycenae Lookout". Heaney's version
The_Cure_at_Troy
Italian singer and songwriter (1937–2024)
1985: Pour Pier Paolo 1986: Requiem.Cantata delle cinque stanze 1996: Oresteia Aischylos (Igloo) 1998: Musiche di scena 1999: Si bemolle 2002: Il fischio
Giovanna_Marini
American academic and theater director (born 1934)
Bottom (1992) at the Grahamstown Festival, South Africa, Aeschylus's The Oresteia (1995 in Taipei in Mandarin), and Shakespeare's Hamlet (2007 in Shanghai
Richard_Schechner
5th-century BC Athenian playwright
thirteen years after Sophocles's debut, and three years after Aeschylus's Oresteia. The identity of the trio is neatly underscored by a patriotic account
Euripides
Opera by Toussaint Bertin de la Doué and François Bouvard
acts. The libretto, by François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel, is based on the Oresteia by Aeschylus. According to the site CESAR (in French) Libretto at "Livrets
Cassandre_(opera)
Musical instrument that sounds like police siren
the lower the pitch. Iannis Xenakis used it in the 1960s in his works Oresteia, Terretektorh, and Persephassa. A siren was used in Bob Dylan's classic
Acme_siren
British playwright, screenwriter and director
adaptations, This Restless House (2017), Harris’ version of Aeschylus’ Oresteia, imagines Clytemnestra not as someone capable of murder, but as a woman
Zinnie_Harris
Australian singer and actor
the Christians (1988) St Rose of Lima (1990, 1992) Fun and Games with Oresteia (1991) Shadow Me, Shadow You (1991) The Lady Is a Camp (1992) – also devised
Paul_Capsis
Ancient-Greek tragedy by Sophocles
of the great Athenian tragedians: The Libation Bearers (458 BC), in the Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus Electra, a play by Euripides, probably in the early
Electra_(Sophocles_play)
English poet and children's writer (1930–1998)
Tales from Ovid by Ovid Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (New York, NY) 1999 The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (New York, NY) 1999 Phèdre by
Ted_Hughes
Paintings sold for the highest price
website Lot description and auction details of "Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus" at Sotheby's website. Farah Nayeri, U.K. Buys Titian Diana
List of most expensive paintings
List_of_most_expensive_paintings
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A River
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An excellent Pearl
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Of the God in heaven
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Spear-bearer.
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Abbreviation of Christine. Follower of Christ.
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Surname or Lastname
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English : variant spelling of Birks.
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Wolf Counsellor; Wolf; Form of Ralph Wolf Counsel; Strong Defender; Wise Wolf; Wise Counsel
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Wealth
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Fascinating; Thrilling
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