Author of Audiobooks - Aeschylus
The Libation-Bearers (Morshead Translation) - Aeschylus
The Libation-Bearers (Morshead Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Tragedy
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The only extant example of an ancient...
Agamemnon (Browning Translation) - Aeschylus
Agamemnon (Browning Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Tragedy
The play Agamemnon details the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War. Waiting at home for him is his wife, Clytemnestra, who has been planning his murder, partly as revenge for the sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, and...
Seven Against Thebes - Aeschylus
Seven Against Thebes - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Plays
In this, the only extant tragedy from Aeschylus' trilogy about the House of Oedipus, Thebes is under siege from Polynices, a former prince of Thebes. After King Oedipus left his city and cursed the princes, Polynices and his brother, Eteocles,...
The Suppliant Maidens (Morshead Translation) - Aeschylus
The Suppliant Maidens (Morshead Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Tragedy
The Suppliants, also called The Suppliant Maidens, or The Suppliant Women, is a play by Aeschylus. It was probably first performed sometime after 470 BC. It was long thought to be the earliest surviving play by Aeschylus due to the relatively...
Prometheus Bound (Browning Translation) - Aeschylus
Prometheus Bound (Browning Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Poetry / Tragedy
Whether or not it was actually written by Aeschylus, as is much disputed, "Prometheus Bound" is a powerful statement on behalf of free humanity in the face of what often seem like the impersonal, implacable Forces that rule the Universe. As one of...
Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation) - Aeschylus
Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Tragedy
Whether or not it was actually written by Aeschylus, as is much disputed, "Prometheus Bound" is a powerful statement on behalf of free humanity in the face of what often seem like the impersonal, implacable Forces that rule the Universe. As one of...
Seven Against Thebes (Way Translation) - Aeschylus
Seven Against Thebes (Way Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Tragedy
Seven against Thebes is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive army led by Polynices and the army of Thebes led by...
Prometheus Bound (Buckley Translation) - Aeschylus
Prometheus Bound (Buckley Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Plays
"Prometheus Bound" is the only complete tragedy of the Prometheia trilogy, traditionally assumed to be the work of Aeschylus. Jupiter has turned against Prometheus for protecting mankind and has ordered him to be chained to a rock. But Prometheus is...
The Persians (version 2) - Aeschylus
The Persians (version 2) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Tragedy
The earliest of Aeschylus' plays to survive is "The Persians" (Persai), performed in 472 BC and based on experiences in Aeschylus's own life, specifically the Battle of Salamis. It is unique among surviving Greek tragedies in that it describes a...
Agamemnon (Morshead Translation) - Aeschylus
Agamemnon (Morshead Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Tragedy
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The only extant example of an ancient...
The Furies (Morshead Translation) - Aeschylus
The Furies (Morshead Translation) - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Tragedy
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The only extant example of an ancient...
The Persians - Aeschylus
The Persians - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Tragedy
This is one of the few Greek tragedies that deals with historical events rather than mythological ones. The elders of the Persian court await new of the outcome of the Battle of Salamis, and mourn when they find that their king, Xerxes, has lost to...
The Oresteia - Aeschylus
The Oresteia - Aeschylus
- Author: Aeschylus
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Plays / Drama
The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies. It tells the tragic tale of the House of Atreus, whose inhabitants have been...