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The significance of The Oresteia, is displayed in this site

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This site will explains the ideas of Aeschylus and a description of the characters in The Oresteia

The family of Tragedies

The Oresteia was based on a family full of betrails and murder.This story contain a lot of murders within the family, starting off with The murder of Iphagenia done by her father. Iphagenia death was avenged by her mother until Orestes came and took revenge for his father.

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This site displays the characters of the book, and the family tree