Examines the relevance of gender-specific themes in the three
plays of the ORESTEIA trilogy by Aeschylus. AGAMEMNON, THE
LIBATION BEARERS (CHOEPHORIA) & EUMENIDIS (FURIES). Discusses curse of the House of Atreus & the Trojan War. Plots. Characters; their motivations, actions & relationships. The important role Agamemnon
plays in sacrificing his daughter Iphigenia, which sets the tragedy of the triology into motion.