The Libation Bearers
by Aeschylus
46 pages~1 hr
“To settle an old debt, a son must commit an unthinkable crime.”
Forced to choose between a divine command and the ultimate taboo, Orestes returns to a home haunted by murder and a sister thirsting for vengeance. This masterwork of Greek tragedy dives deep into the visceral conflict of a man caught between the laws of the gods and the bonds of family.
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