458 BC · Skopia

Showing 7 works across all media from the 458 BC

The Oresteia

458 BC · 335 pages

Agamemnon comes home from Troy to a wife who has spent ten years planning her welcome, and the killing runs down the generations until Athena stops it by seating the first jury.

★ 8.6

Play · Greek tragedy · Tragedy (play)

For few there are among men in whom it is inborn to admire without envy a friend's good fortune.

Aeschylus

Agamemnon · 458 BC

★ 3.8

Play · Greek tragedy · Tragedy (play)

Zeus, author of all, worker of all! For what is brought to pass for mortal men save by will of Zeus? What herein is not wrought of god?

Aeschylus

Agamemnon · 458 BC

★ 3.8

Play · Tragic play · Greek theater

Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

Aeschylus

Agamemnon · 458 BC

★ 3.7

Play · Tragic play · Greek theater

Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous?

Aeschylus

The Eumenides · 458 BC

★ 3.7

Play · Greek tragedy · Tragedy (play)

For where is goodwill greater than from guest to host?

Aeschylus

The Libation Bearers · 458 BC

★ 2.3

Play · Greek tragedy · Tragedy (play)

No, death would be better, for that would be a milder lot than tyranny.

Aeschylus

Agamemnon · 458 BC

★ 2.2