Aug 9, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min · 8 segments
"Agamemnon" by Lucius Annaeus Seneca delves into the themes of vengeance, power, and the tragic consequences of human actions. This classic work explores the complexities of fate and moral dilemmas…
INTRODUCTION the blood-feud between atreus and thyestes was not ended with the terrible vengeance which atreus wreaked upon his brother it was yet in fate that thyestes should live to beget upon his own daughter a son aegisthus who should slay atreus and bring ruin and death upon the great atrides agamemnon the trojan war is done and now the near approach of the victorious king bringing his captives and treasure home to argos has been announced but little does he dream to what a home he is returning poor clytemnestra enraged at agamemnon because he had sacrificed her daughter iphigenia at olis to appease the winds and full of jealousy because he brings cassandra as her rival home estranged also by the long-continued absence of her lord but most estranged by her own guilty union with aegisthus is now plotting to slay agamemnon on his return gaining thus at once revenge and safety from his wrath dramatis Agamemnon, king of Argos and leader of all the Greeks in their war against Troy.
Read by Alan Mapstone.
Ghost of Thaestes, return to earth to urge on his son to the vengeance which he was born to accomplish.
Read by Alan Mapstone.
aegisthus son of thyestes by an incestuous union with his daughter paramor of clytemnestra clytemnestra wife of agamemnon who has been plotting with aegisthus against her husband in his absence at troy
Read by Rita Boutros.
Read by
Greg Giordano.
Read by Jen Broda.
Read by Sonia.
strophius king of phocis read by todd nurse
read by rapunzelina
band of captive trojan women
read
by agnes robert
bear
End of introduction and dramatis personae
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