The complete online text of The Agamemnon of Aeschylus by Aeschylus.

The Greek playwright Aeschylus (524-456 BC) is the first European dramatist whose plays have been preserved. He is also the earliest of the great Greek tragedians, and more than any other he is concerned with the interrelationship of man and the gods. Ae...

In the city of Athens in the fifth century B.C., Aeschylus, the Father of Tragedy, developed a spectacle in which choral song and dance alternated with solo speeches into one of the major genres of world literature. The ninety plays that Aeschylus wrote...

In the city of Athens in the fifth century B.C., Aeschylus, the Father of Tragedy, developed a spectacle in which choral song and dance alternated with solo speeches into one of the major genres of world literature. The ninety plays that Aeschylus wrote...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Agamemnon (458 B.C.) Background: This is the first play of the Oresteia. It contains little dramatic action. The first half of the play, up to the entrance of Agamemnon, is devoted almost entirely to exposition, preparation, and foreshadowing. The dramatic climax...

Agamemnon words are so-called because, like AGAMEMNON, they are made of three different 3-letter palindromic groups. To date, 10 such words have appeared in Word Ways: AJANENSIS, MIMULUSES, COCCACEAE, ILICACEAE, SUSUHUNAN, MIMICISMS, NANNONAIA, ANALALAVA, MOMBEBACA and AGAMEMNON itself. Their details can be found...