Basic Facts Flashcards
(16 cards)
Name three plays in order of the Orestia
Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
First play of trilogy
Agamemnon
Second play of trilogy
The Libation Bearers
Third play of trilogy
The Eumenides
First play, who is murdered by who?
Agamemnon is murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra
Agamemnon’s wife’s (Clytemnestra) lover
Aegisthus
Children of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Iphigenia (sacrificed), Electra, Orestes
Second play, who murdered by who?
Clytemnestra and Aegisthus are murdered by Orestes
Which gods/goddesses are invoked in 3rd play?
In The Eumenides, Apollo and Athena intervene
Other name for Furies?
Erinyes, later to be renamed Eumenides
What does Eumenides mean?
“the Kindly ones”
Who wrote the Orestia trilogy?
Aeschylus
When was the Orestia trilogy written?
5th century BC
Who is the chorus comprised of in Agamemnon?
The elders of Argos
Who is the chorus comprised of in The Libation Bearers?
Slave women
Who is the chorus comprised of in The Eumenides?
The Erinyes
