Ὀρέστεια
English (LSJ)
ἡ, Oresteia, the tale of Orestes, a poem by Stesichorus, Frr.34 sqq. Bgk.; the collective name of Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Choephoroe, and Eumenides, Ar.Ra.1124; cf. Λυκούργεια.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
l'Orestie, trilogie d'Eschyle (Agamemnon, les Choéphores, les Euménides).
Étymologie: Ὀρέστης.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ὀρέστεια: ἡ Орестия или Орестея (трилогия Эсхила: Ἀγαμέμνων, Χοηφόροι и Εὐμενίδες).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ὀρέστεια: ἡ, μῦθος τοῦ Ὀρέστου, ποίημα τοῦ Στησιχόρου, Bgk. Λυρ. σ. 642· ὄνομα περιληπτικὸν τῆς τριλογίας τοῦ Αἰσχύλ. συνισταμένης ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονος, τῶν Χοηφόρων καὶ τῶν Εὐμενίδων, ἥτις εἶναι ἡ μόνη σῳζομένη βεβαία τριλογία, Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 1124· πρβλ. Λυκούργεια. ΙΙ. Ὀρέστειον, τό, ναὸς ἢ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ὀρέστου, Ἡρόδ. 9. 11.
Greek Monolingual
η (Α Ὀρέστεια)
βλ. ὀρέστειος.
Greek Monotonic
Ὀρέστεια: ἡ,
I. ο μύθος του Ορέστη, όνομα των έργων του Αισχύλου: Αγαμέμνων, Χοηφόροι και Ευμενίδες· η μόνη σωζόμενη Τριλογία, σε Αριστοφ.
II. Ὀρέστειον, τό, ναός αφιερωμένος στον Ορέστη, σε Ηρόδ.
Middle Liddell
Ὀρέστεια, ἡ,
I. the tale of Orestes, the name of Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Choephoroe and Eumenides, being the only certain Trilogy extant, Ar.
II. Ὀρέστειον, τό, a temple of Orestes, Hdt.
Wikipedia EN
The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Erinyes. The trilogy—consisting of Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων), The Libation Bearers (Χοηφóρoι), and The Eumenides (Εὐμενίδες)—also shows how the Greek gods interacted with the characters and influenced their decisions pertaining to events and disputes. The only extant example of an ancient Greek theatre trilogy, the Oresteia won first prize at the Dionysia festival in 458 BC. The principal themes of the trilogy include the contrast between revenge and justice, as well as the transition from personal vendetta to organized litigation. Oresteia originally included a satyr play, Proteus (Πρωτεύς), following the tragic trilogy, but all except a single line of Proteus has been lost.
