Oresteia

Oresteia

The House of Atreus

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia1757by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Clytemnestra from the Battlements of Argos Watches for the Beacon Fires which are to Announce the Return of AgamemnonFrederic Leighton1874

Death of Agamemnon, Aegisthos with sword. Detail from Athenian red-figure clay vase about 500-450 BC. Boston. Museum of Fine Arts 63.1246 W.F.Warden Fund

Death of Cassandra

Clytemnestra After the Murder (1882), by Hon. John Collier (1850-1939).

Orestes Kills Aegisthus

Orestes Kills Clytemnestra

More Scenes of Aegisthus’ Deathbronze relief from Olympia, 570 B.C.

Orestes about to kill Aegisthus while Clytemnestra (with ax) tried to prevent, red figure, 460 B.C.

Orestes embracing omphalos at Delphi; Apollo fends off Furies; South Italian red figure, 370 B.C.

Orestes being purified by ApolloApulian red-figure krater, 480–470 BC, Louvre (Cp 710)

Ghost of Clytemnestra trying to awake the Erinyes while her son is being purified by ApolloApulian red-figure krater, 480–470 BC, Louvre (Cp 710)