Agamemnon
Ἀγαμέμνων
A classic of antiquity. First published 457 BC, written in Ancient Greek
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies.
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Where it is set
- Argos
Greece
It may also be significant that Aeschylus makes Agamemnon lord of Argos, where Homer puts his house Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
Its heirs
Later works that draw on Agamemnon.
The BirdsClassic
Aristophanes, 413 BC
Aristophanes borrows from Aeschylus for comic effect: the nightingale's song and Iris's threats of divine anger in The Birds are lifted from Agamemnon.
Source: Wikipedia, The Birds (play)
“Moreover, a description of the nightingale (677) and Iris's threats of divine wrath (1240) are borrowed from Agamemnon, and Pisthetaerus' counter-threat to burn down Zeus's house (1246–7) appears to have been borrowed from Niobe.” Read it there
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