Oresteia
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Even without the adrenaline of a packed room, he drummed up a bidding war and ultimately sold Francis Bacon’s “Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus” for $85 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
She starred as Clytemnestra in a BBC miniseries adaptation of Sophocles' "Oresteia" in 1979, and she starred in an adaptation of "Hedda Gabler" for English television in 1981.
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2020
The latest promise Toibin has fulfilled is a novel, The House of Names, which retells one of the oldest stories of all: the events of Aeschylus’s Oresteia, the internecine bloodbath in the House of Atreus.
From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2017
At the Almeida theatre in February , Robert Icke follows his reimagining of Oresteia with a new production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya with Paul Rhys in the title role.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2015
The story of Atreus’ and Thyestes’ crimes and all that followed them is taken from Aeschylus’ Oresteia.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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