The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation-Bearers; The Furies (The Heritage Press)

Translated from the Greek by E.D.A. Morshead, with an introduction by Rex Warner. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton. In the 'Oresteia' - the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity - Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, its spirit of struggle and regeneration is eternal.