She is angry for the murder of their first born daughter, Iphigenia, which Agamemnon has sacrificed in order to appease the goddess Artemis. Clytemnestra, his wife, awaits his return by planning his murder. “ The Oresteia” is Aeschylus most famous work, a trilogy of dramas that includes “ Agamemnon,” “ The Libation Bearers,” and “ The Eumenides.” In the first work of the trilogy, Agamemnon, King of Argos, is returning home from the Trojan War. Like other writers of his time, he acted in his own plays, and trained the chorus in their dances and songs and did much to improve the performances by his development of scene and costume on the stage. Before him tragedy had consisted of the chorus and one actor and by introducing a second actor, expanding the dramatic dialogue, and reducing the lyrical parts, he practically created Greek tragedy as we know it. The importance of Aeschylus in the development of drama cannot be overstated.
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