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The Libation-Bearers (Part II), by Aeschylus

Harvard Classics
Harvard Classics
Episode • Apr 8, 2022 • 14m

Orestes, holding an avenging sword over his mother, is told: "Beware thy mother's vengeful hounds." How he pays for disregarding his mother's warning is told in this drama where a mother is slain to avenge a father's ghost. (Volume 8, Harvard Classics)

 

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