ORESTEIA

Meaning of ORESTEIA in English

/awr'e stee"euh, ohr'-/ , n.

a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 B.C.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.

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ORESTEIA — trilogy of tragic dramas by the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, first performed in 458 BC. It is his last work …
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ORESTEIA — Oresteia BrE AmE ˌɒr ɪ ˈsta ɪ ‿ə ˌɔːr-, -ə-, -ˈsteɪ ə, -ˈsti ː ‿ə AmE \ ˌɔːr- ˌoʊr-
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ORESTEIA — Oresteia
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ORESTEIA — Oresteia
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ORESTEIA — Oresteia
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ORESTEIA — Oresteia
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THE ORESTEIA — Орестея
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ORESTES — In Greek mythology , the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. According to Homer , Orestes was away when his father …
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AGAMEMNON — In Greek legend, the son of Atreus , brother of Menelaus , and king of Mycenae and commander of the …
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AESCHYLUS — born 525/524 died 456/455 BC, Gela, Sicily Greek tragic dramatist. He fought with the Athenian army at Marathon (490) and …
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EUMENIDES — /yooh men"i deez'/ , n. 1. ( used with a pl. v. ) Class. Myth. a euphemistic name for the …
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CHOËPHORI — /koh ef"euh ruy'/ , n. a tragedy (458 B.C.) by Aeschylus. Also called The Libation-bearers. Cf. Oresteia .
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AGAMEMNON — /ag'euh mem"non, -neuhn/ , n. 1. Class. Myth. a king of Mycenae, a son of Atreus and brother of Menelaus. …
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TRILOGY — a series of three dramas or literary or musical compositions that, although each is in one sense complete, have a …
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DRAMATIC LITERATURE — the texts of plays that can be read, as distinct from being seen and heard in performance. The term dramatic …
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TANEYEV, SERGEY — born Nov. 13 [Nov. 25, New Style], 1856, district of Vladimir, Russia died June 6 , 1915, Moscow in full …
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RABE, DAVID — born March 10, 1940, Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. in full David William Rabe American playwright whose experiences as a draftee assigned …
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ORESTES — in Greek mythology, son of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae (or Argos), and his wife, Clytemnestra. According to Homer, Orestes was …
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GROSSES SCHAUSPIELHAUS — (German: Great Playhouse), theatre that is the former Zirkus Schumann in Berlin, as redesigned for Max Reinhardt in 1919 by …
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CLYTEMNESTRA — in Greek legend, a daughter of Leda and Tyndareus and wife of Agamemnon, commander of the Greek forces in the …
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AESCHYLUSBORN 525/524 BC — died 456/455 BC, Gela, Sicily first of classical Athens' great tragic dramatists, who raised that emerging art to great heights …
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AESCHYLUSADDITIONAL READING — Greek tragedy in general is treated in H.D.F. Kitto, Greek Tragedy: A Literary Study, 3rd ed. (1961, reissued 1976), a …
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ORESTES — n. In Greek mythology , the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. According to Homer , Orestes was away when his …
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AGAMEMNON — n. In Greek legend, the son of Atreus , brother of Menelaus , and king of Mycenae and commander of …
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AESCHYLUS — n. born 525/524 died 456/455 BC, Gela, Sicily Greek tragic dramatist. He fought with the Athenian army at Marathon (490) …
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EUMENIDES — [Greek] A euphemistic Greek term for the Erinyes (Furies). The name means something like "the kind ones, the well-minded, or …
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ОРЕСТЕЯ — The Oresteia
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