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

New York: The Heritage Press, 1961. Reissue. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12x9x1. Ayrton, Michael. Includes publisher's slipcase, lacks Sandglass insert. Slipcase edges toned, spine faded. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1961 Large Hardcover. 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.