Oresteia

textual humanities text play core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

Aeschylus, author

Canon Rationale

The only surviving complete Greek tragic trilogy, included for tragedy, justice, revenge, civic order, kinship, gender, mythic inheritance, and the Athenian stage.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 4.

Evidence

handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Oresteia'.
field survey: World History Encyclopedia, 'Aeschylus,' by Mark Cartwright.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, performance context required

Completion unit: read Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, and Eumenides in a chosen translation or original Greek edition.