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    Orestes
    Orestes
    Orestes
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    Orestes

    Written by Euripides

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    In accordance with the advice of the god Apollo, Orestes has killed his mother Clytemnestra to avenge the death of his father Agamemnon at her hands. Despite Apollo’s earlier prophecy, Orestes finds himself tormented by Erinyes or Furies to the blood guilt stemming from his matricide. The only person capable of calming Orestes down from his madness is his sister Electra. To complicate matters further, a leading political faction of Argos wants to put Orestes to death for the murder. Orestes’ only hope to save his life lies in his uncle Menelaus, who has returned with Helen after spending ten years in Troy and several more years amassing wealth in Egypt. In the chronology of events following Orestes, this play takes place after the events contained in plays such as Electra by Euripides or The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus, and before events contained in plays like The Eumenides by Aeschylus and Andromache by Euripides. As Buckley's translation of the argument concludes, "The play is among the most celebrated on the stage, but infamous in its morals; for, with the exception of Pylades, all the characters are bad persons." - Summary by Wikipedia and Theodore Buckley

    Cast List:
    Electra: Elizabeth Klett
    Helen: Beth Thomas
    Hermione: Mary Kay
    Chorus of Argive Women: Kristin Gjerløw
    Orestes: Todd
    Menelaus: Bruce Pirie
    Tyndarus: Algy Pug
    Pylades: Rob Board
    Messenger: Availle
    Phrygian/Semi-Chorus: April Walters
    Apollo: Phil Schempf
    Narrator: Lydia
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Euripides

    Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens. He was born on Salamis Island around 480 BC to his mother, Cleito, and father, Mnesarchus, a retailer who lived in a village near Athens. He had two disastrous marriages, and both his wives—Melite and Choerine (the latter bearing him three sons)—were unfaithful. He became a recluse, making a home for himself in a cave on Salamis. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. He became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education. The details of his death are uncertain.

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