A CONDENSATION OF THE TRILOGY
Reading edition
STORY OF ORESTES
[ORESTEIA]
BEING THE ONLY GREEK TRILOGY, OR THREE-PLAY DRAMA, WHICH HAS COME DOWN TO US COMPLETE
CONSISTING OF
MORNING PLAY:
AGAMEMNON
MIDDAY PLAY:
THE SEPULCHRAL RITES
[CHOEPHORI]
AFTERNOON PLAY:
THE GENTLE GODDESSES
[EUMENIDES]
COMPOSED BY AESCHYLUS, AND BROUGHT ON THE STAGE AT ATHENS AT THE FESTIVAL OF THE 'GREATER DIONYSIA,' IN MARCH OF 458 B. C., DURING THE POLITICAL EXCITEMENT OCCASIONED BY THE POPULAR ATTACK ON THE ARISTOCRATIC COURT OF MARS' HILL, OR AREOPAGUS
The passages quoted are from Plumptre's Translation