Oresteia

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ancient Greek play tragedy trilogy work of literature

Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies by Aeschylus that dramatizes the bloody history of the House of Atreus and the transition from personal vengeance to a system of civic justice in ancient Athens.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Oresteia canonical 12
The Libation Bearers 10
Aeschylus' Agamemnon 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek play ⓘ
tragedy trilogy ⓘ
work of literature ⓘ
author Aeschylus ⓘ
awarded first prize at the City Dionysia ⓘ
centralEvent murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra ⓘ
revenge killing of Clytemnestra by Orestes ⓘ
trial of Orestes in Athens ⓘ
consistsOf Agamemnon ⓘ
The Eumenides ⓘ
Oresteia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Libation Bearers
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalContext Athenian democracy ⓘ
depicts House of Atreus myth cycle ⓘ
surface form: House of Atreus
depictsMyth Trojan War aftermath ⓘ
firstPart Agamemnon ⓘ
firstPerformanceApproximateDate 458 BC ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace City Dionysia ⓘ
surface form: City Dionysia in Athens
form verse drama ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasCharacterRelationship Clytemnestra ⓘ
surface form: Clytemnestra is wife of Agamemnon

Electra ⓘ
surface form: Electra is daughter of Agamemnon

Electra ⓘ
surface form: Electra is daughter of Clytemnestra

Orestes is son of Agamemnon ⓘ
Orestes ⓘ
surface form: Orestes is son of Clytemnestra
influenced Western drama ⓘ
the concept of legal justice in later literature ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Greek literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Agamemnon ⓘ
Apollo ⓘ
Athena ⓘ
Cassandra ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ
Electra ⓘ
Erinyes ⓘ
surface form: Furies

Orestes ⓘ
mythologicalCycle Atreid saga ⓘ
numberOfParts 3 ⓘ
secondPart Oresteia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Libation Bearers
setting Argos ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
theme blood vengeance ⓘ
divine intervention ⓘ
family curse ⓘ
justice ⓘ
transition from personal revenge to civic law ⓘ
thirdPart The Eumenides ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting mythic past of Greece ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atreid dynasty → appearsInWork → Oresteia ⓘ
Atreid dynasty → appearsInWork → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Libation Bearers
Atreid dynasty → appearsInWork → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Eumenides
Aeschylus → notableWork → Oresteia ⓘ
Aeschylus → notableWork → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Libation Bearers
Aeschylus → notableWork → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Eumenides
Aeschylus → hasPart → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oresteia trilogy
Aeschylus → hasPart → Oresteia ⓘ
subject surface form: Oresteia
this entity surface form: The Libation Bearers
Erinyes → notableMyth → Oresteia ⓘ
Cassandra → literaryAppearance → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus’ Agamemnon
Iannis Xenakis → notableWork → Oresteia ⓘ
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) → relatedWork → Oresteia ⓘ
subject surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis
this entity surface form: The Oresteia
Agamemnon → appearsIn → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' Agamemnon
Agamemnon → appearsIn → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy
Menelaus → mentionedIn → Oresteia ⓘ
Clytemnestra → appearsIn → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' Agamemnon
Clytemnestra → appearsIn → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers
Helen → associatedWork → Oresteia ⓘ
Pylades → appearsIn → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' Oresteia
House of Atreus myth cycle → hasLiterarySource → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus’ Oresteia
Aegisthus → appearsIn → Oresteia ⓘ
Aegisthus → appearsIn → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libation Bearers
Aegisthus → partOfNarrativeCycle → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oresteia cycle
Aegisthus → hasCanonicalSource → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' Agamemnon
Aegisthus → hasCanonicalSource → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' Libation Bearers
Oresteia → consistsOf → Oresteia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Libation Bearers
Oresteia → secondPart → Oresteia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Libation Bearers
Orestes → centralCharacterIn → Oresteia ⓘ
Orestes → centralCharacterIn → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Libation Bearers
Electra (Sophocles) → sharesMythWith → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libation Bearers
Electra (Euripides) → contrastsWith → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Libation Bearers (Aeschylus)
Iphigenia → relatedMyth → Oresteia ⓘ
The Eumenides → partOf → Oresteia ⓘ
The Eumenides → prequel → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Libation Bearers
The Eumenides → sequelTo → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Libation Bearers
The Eumenides → follows → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Libation Bearers
The Eumenides → trilogyCompanionWork → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Libation Bearers
Mourning Becomes Electra → basedOn → Oresteia ⓘ
Claire Higgins → notableWork → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oresteia (stage production)
Sergei Taneyev → notableWork → Oresteia ⓘ
this entity surface form: opera "Oresteia"
Classical Greek literature → majorWork → Oresteia ⓘ
avengers of oath-breaking → literarySource → Oresteia ⓘ
subject surface form: Avengers of oath-breaking
this entity surface form: Aeschylus' Oresteia