Oresteia

American  

[awr-e-stee-uh, ohr-] / ˌɔr ɛˈsti ə, ˌoʊr- /

noun

1. a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.

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Example Sentences

Even without the adrenaline of a packed room, he drummed up a bidding war and ultimately sold Francis Bacon’s “Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus” for $85 million.

From The Wall Street Journal

Aeschylus’ “Oresteia” concludes with “Eumenides,” depicting the establishment of the Areopagus court to replace cycles of vengeance, thus mythologizing the roots of jury trials.

From Salon

They kept in touch, and, in 2015, when Stevenson congratulated Williams backstage, after watching her performance in Icke’s “Oresteia,” the director had a flash of inspiration.

From New York Times

Art and activism are deeply intertwined in his work: As part of his “trilogy of ancient myths,” he rehearsed and filmed part of an adaptation of Aeschylus’ “Oresteia” in Iraq in 2019.

From New York Times

Those programs assign more than 1,000 titles to students — including Aeschylus’ “Oresteia” and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.”

From Washington Times