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A review by madfil
The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies by Aeschylus
2.0
(31 january, 2015)
A bit disappointing but I will chalk that up to the translation and not the plays themselves. Agamemnon gets no sympathy from me when Clytemnestra kills him for the murder of their daughter Iphigenia. Clytemnestra sounds almost reasonable here but Aegisthus, her lover, comes off as an arrogant dick. Orestes and Electra (with Apollo's tacit approval) plan the death of their mother, Orestes is put on trial for it and is found innocent. What a lovely family!
... and to think all this for a murder that did not actually happen.
A bit disappointing but I will chalk that up to the translation and not the plays themselves. Agamemnon gets no sympathy from me when Clytemnestra kills him for the murder of their daughter Iphigenia. Clytemnestra sounds almost reasonable here but Aegisthus, her lover, comes off as an arrogant dick. Orestes and Electra (with Apollo's tacit approval) plan the death of their mother, Orestes is put on trial for it and is found innocent. What a lovely family!
... and to think all this for a murder that did not actually happen.