# The Oresteia

by [Aeschylus](https://localbooks.app/authors/aeschylus)

- Genres: [Théâtre et scénarios](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/plays-and-screenplays), [Histoire ancienne](https://localbooks.app/genres/history/ancient-history)
- Set in: [Argos, Péloponnèse, Grèce](https://localbooks.app/places/gr/peloponnese/argos); [Delphes, Grèce-Centrale, Grèce](https://localbooks.app/places/gr/central-greece/delphi); [Athènes, Attique, Grèce](https://localbooks.app/places/gr/attica/athens)
- Audience: Adult

## Description

King Agamemnon comes home to Argos from Troy and is murdered by his wife Clytemnestra, and years later their son Orestes returns to avenge him. The trilogy follows the blood feud from the palace to Apollo's shrine at Delphi and finally to a trial before the citizens of Athens.

## Where to buy

- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8604)

Read a free sample: https://localbooks.app/books/the-oresteia/read/1 (4 chapters, 34902 words)

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