Story of Orestes - A Condensation of the Trilogy

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Story of Orestes, by Richard G. MoultonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Story of Orestes A Condensation of the TrilogyAuthor: Richard G. MoultonRelease Date: October 16, 2006 [EBook #19559]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STORY OF ORESTES ***Produced by Al HainesBOOK OFILLUSTRATIONSANCIENT TRAGEDYRICHARD G. MOULTONCHICAGOThe University of Chicago Press1904ILLUSTRATIONSTHE ANCIENT DRAMA(TRAGEDY)CONTENTSSTORY OF ORESTES [Oresteia], A TRILOGY BY Aeschylus AGAMEMNON THE SEPULCHRAL RITES [Choephori] THE GENTLE GODDESSES [Eumenides]ELECTRA, by SophoclesELECTRA, by EuripidesALCESTIS, by EuripidesTHE CYCLOPS, by EuripidesTHE BACCHANALS, by EuripidesMISCELLANEOUS PASSAGESREFERENCESIn the case of Aeschylus and Sophocles the numbering of lines agrees with that in the translations of Plumptre and inthe original. In the plays from Euripides the numbering is that of the lines in the cheap translation (Routledge'sUniversal Library).[Transcriber's note: In the original book, the line numbers mentioned above were right-justified. In this e-book, they areenclosed in curly braces, and placed immediately after their associated line of text, e.g. ". . . a line of text {123}".]A ...