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Harvard Classics, Vol. 8, Parts 1 - 4 | ||||||||
| The Oresteia (with Prometheus Bound) | |||||||||
| Aeschylus | |||||||||
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| The sins of the parent rest on the head of the child, who seeks vengeance and expiation. The Orestian trilogy includes Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers and The Furies, and is considered by many as the height of Greek tragedy. Prometheus Bound is considered one of the most perfect of Greek dramas or of any literary work, where the individual emerges when set against his angry God. | |||||||||
| Also in Volume 8 of the Harvard Classics: | |||||||||
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