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The Cycle of Vengeance in Aeschylus?s Oresteia

 
The cyclic thread of vengeance runs like wild fire through the three plays in Aeschylus?s Oresteia. This thread, with its complexity of contemporary and universal implications lends itself quite well to ? in fact, almost necessitates ? deeply interested study. While a brief summary of the Oresteia will inevitably disregard some if not much of the trilogy?s essence and intent, on the positive side it will establish a platform of characters, events, and motives with which this paper is primarily concerned. As such, I begin with a short overview of the Oresteia and the relevant history that immediately precedes it.

The house of Atreus is cursed, it would seem, with the perpetual cycle of vengeance, the law of an eye for an eye. The curse originated with Tantalus, who angered the gods by feasting them on the flesh of his own son, Pelops. Pelops was restored by the gods and effected the birth of two sons, Thyestes and Atreus. Thyestes angered his brother by seducing his wife and challenging his claim to the throne. Consequently... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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