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The Libation Bearers
By Aeschylus - Stage play
Roles
- Orestes - Teenager (13-19), Young Adult (20-35), Male
About this piece
Orestes mourns his father
Summary
The Libation Bearers is the sequel to Agamemnon. In the previous play Agamemnon is killed by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegistus for having sacrificed his daughter during the Trojan war. In the Libation Bearers Clytemnestra's daughter Electra (who she keeps as a slave) and her son Orestes (who had been sent away in exile since he was a kid) unite to avenge their father's death by killing their mother and her lover. The play starts with Orestes mourning at his father's grave invoking the help of Hermes. After setting two locks of his hair on his father's grave, he sees Electra approach, mourning. He invokes Zeus' help to avenge his father's death.
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