Word: oresteia
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...following subjects for theses are proposed by the Committee of Award: (1) "The Proverbial Philosophy of Plato"; (2) "The Expression of Pathos in Homer"; (3) "The Dramatic Element in Thucydides"; (4) "Lucian as an Art Critic"; (5) "The Oresteia of Aeschylus, as illustrated by Greek Vase-Painting"; (6) "The Art of Menander, with a study of his influence on Roman Comedy"; (7) "Funeral Rites in Greek Poetry and Art of the Fifth Century, with a study of their inner significance"; (8) "The Relation of the Idylls of Theocritus to the Hellenistic Reliefs...
Rehearsals for the "Agamemnon" of Aeschylus, the Greek play, to be produced by the Classical Department in the Stadium, June 16 and 19, have been held regularly since October. This tragedy is the first of the Oresteia, the three plays on the fortunes of the house of Atreus. Representing the highest achievement of Aeschylus and probably of all Greek drama, they form the only extant specimen of a trilogy...
...Choephoroe" is one of the three plays on the fortunes of the house of Atreus which form the trilogy of the "Oresteia," the last and greatest work of Aeschylus. The play deals in the main with the death of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra at the hand of Orestes, in revenge for the death of Agamemnon, and has never been staged in modern times before. The stage in Sanders Theatre will be an exact reproduction of a quarter in an ancient Greek city, and the costumes, acting, and stage properties will be in accordance with the customs of the time of Aeschylus...