Orestes is accompanied by a friend, Pylades. Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, has come back home from exile to avenge Agamemnon's death. Commanded by the god Apollo and accompanied by his friend Pylades, Orestes, the only son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, returns to his father’s court to avenge his murder. The play begins outside the Greek city of Argos, some years after the end of Agamemnon, Part 1of Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy. Still powerful and provocative after 2,500 years, these great tragedies offer unparalleled insight into the world of ancient Greece and the origins of the Western dramatic tradition. Libation Bearers Once again set before the palace of Argos, the Libation Bearers starts where Agamemnon leaves off only several years into the future. Written in a grand style, rich in diction and dramatic dialogue, the plays embody Aeschylus’ concerns with the destiny and fate of individuals as well as the state, all played out under the watchful eye of the gods. After being purified by Apollo, he makes his way to Athens and is there tried (and acquitted) at the court of Areopagus. The Libation Bearers begins some years after the end of the Agamemnon. Hermes of the nether world, you who guard the powers kratos of the ancestors, prove yourself my savior str and ally, I entreat you, now that I have come.

In The Furies, Orestes flees to Delphi, pursued by the divine avengers (Erinyes) of his mother. In The Libation-Bearers, Orestes, Agamemnon’s son, avenges his father by murdering his mother. In Agamemnon, the warrior who defeated Troy returns to Argos and is murdered by his wife Clytemnestra for sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia before the start of the Trojan War.

Among them is this classic trilogy dealing with the bloody history of the House of Atreus. The first play, Agamemnon, portrays the victorious return of that king from the Trojan War and his murder by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus. Perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Aeschylus wrote 90 plays, but only seven have survived complete.

The libation bearers