Die Orestie

In the organizer's words:

Murder follows murder. Guilt follows guilt. Revenge follows revenge.

There is a curse on the Atrides. The great general Agamemnon goes to war at Troy and sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia to the gods on the way there. When he returns home ten years later, he is slain by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aigisthus. His son Orest avenges this death, kills his own mother and her lover and is then pursued by his mother's vengeful spirits.

"The Oresteia" is about a break in civilization: the old law of family and blood revenge gives way to democracy.

"The Oresteia", first performed in 458 BC, is the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy and is one of the most important dramas in world literature.