eumenides in English

noun
1
a name given to the Furies. The Eumenides probably originated as well-disposed deities of fertility, whose name was given to the Furies either by confusion or euphemistically.

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1. “The Oresteia“ trilogy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus consists of the three linked plays “Agamemnon”, “The Libation Bearers” and “The Eumenides”.

2. The Agamemnon is excellent, Libation Bearers is my favourite of the three and even if Eumenides is a crowd pleasing flag-waver for Athens, it's still really great writing

3. The Complete Works of Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, Choephorae, The Eumenides, The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, And The Suppliants (7 Tragedies With Active Table of Contents) by Aeschylus, John Stuart Blackie, et al

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5. Aeschylus is best known for his trilogy the Oresteia (458 BC, consisting of the tragedies Agamemnon, Choephoroe, and Eumenides), which tells the story of Agamemnon's murder at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra and the vengeance of their son Orestes.

6. Part 2 is "The Libation Bearers" and Part 3 is "The Eumenides." Now "Agamemnon" was written centuries before Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida." Nevertheless, the events of "Agamemnon" take place after Shakespeare's play.

7. “Agamemnon” is the first of the three linked tragedies which make up “The Oresteia” trilogy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, followed by “The Libation Bearers” and “The Eumenides” .The trilogy as a whole, originally performed at the annual Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BCE, where it won first prize, is considered to be Aeschylus‘ last authenticated, and also