About this season
Adaptation of the Aeschylus trilogy by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish.
Episodes (3)
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E1
1. Agamemnon
Aired 7 March 1979
Klytemnestra receives the news that her husband, Agamemnon, is returning victorious from the Trojan War.
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E2
2. Grave Gifts
Aired 14 March 1979
Seven years after the death of Agamemnon, Orestes returns to the tomb of his father and prays to Zeus to help him take vengeance on Klytemnestra and Aegisthus. At the tomb he meets his sister Elektra and the Chorus of Women encourage Orestes in his endeavour.
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E3
3. Furies
Aired 21 March 1979
Maddened by the pursuing Furies Orestes is driven from land to land until he takes refuge in the shrine of the Apollo.