Part 1 of Essay
was born in Eleusis, a Greek town near Athens, in 525 B.C. He first of the great Greek tragedians, preceding both Sophocles and Euripides, credited with inventing tragic drama. Prior to , plays were primitive, consisting of a single actor and a chorus offering commentary. In his works, he added a "second actor" (often ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... poetry and the strength of its characters. Agamemnon depicts the assassination of the title character by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover; The Libation-Bearers continues the story with the return of Agamemnon's son, Orestes, who kills his mother and avenges his father. Orestes is pursued by the Furies in punishment for his matricide, and finally finds refuge in Athens, where the god Athena relieves him of his persecution. The events of Agamemnon take place against a backdrop that would have been ....