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Aeschylus: Agamemnon by Aeschylus; a verse translation by David Mulroy, with introduction and notes is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Agamemnon, King of Argos, returns to Greece a victor in the Trojan War. He has brought with him the seer Cassandra as his war-prize and concubine. Awaiting him is his vengeful wife Clytemnestra, who is angry at Agamemnon's sacrifice of their daughter Iphigeneia to the gods, jealous of Cassandra, and guilty of taking a lover herself. The events that unfold catch everyone in a bloody net, including their absent son Orestes.<br> <br> Aeschylus (525/4-456/5 B.C.E.) was the first of the three great t
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- Author
- Aeschylus; a verse translation by David Mulroy, with introduction and notes
- Publisher
- The University of Wisconsin Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780299306342
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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