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Aeschylus
The Oresteia
458 BC

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This translation by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, has certain copyright restrictions.  For information please use the following link: Copyright.  For comments or question please contact Ian Johnston.

Anyone interested in purchasing this translation as a printed book should contact Richer Resources Publications.

If you would like to receive the following texts in Publisher format so that you can print booklets of the plays for yourself or your class, please consult the following link: Publisher files.  There is no charge for these files.

I would welcome any comments, especially suggestions about improvements to the fluency and accuracy of the translation.  Please contact me through this link Ian Johnston.

Ian Johnston
Malaspina University-College
Nanaimo, BC
September 2002

Click on the appropriate title for links to the following:

Text of the Agamemnon 
Text of the Choephoroi (The Libation Bearers)
Text of the Eumenides (The Kindly Ones)

Introductory Lecture on the Agamemnon
Note on the Mythological Background to the House of Atreus

Below are some links to texts of related interest (prepared by Ian Johnston)

Text of Euripides' Medea
Text of Homer's Iliad
Text of Euripides' Bacchae
Introductory Lecture on Euripides Bacchae

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