Agamemnon

Japanese: 《アガメムノン》 - あがめむのん
Agamemnon

…The king of the land, Pelasgos, was faced with a serious decision: to protect his daughters and fight the pursuers, or to hand them over and risk the wrath and disaster of the gods. After consulting with the assembly, he decided to protect them. The Oresteia (458 BC) is the only trilogy that has survived in its entirety: Agamemnon, The Offering Women, and The Goddesses of Mercy. For details of the contents, please refer to the separate entry, The Oresteia Trilogy. …

From the Oresteia Trilogy

…The Greek tragic poet Aeschylus wrote a trilogy of works from his later years (458 BC) that is the only one of its three complete works, consisting of Agamemnon, The Priestesses, and The Merciful. In the structure of the trilogy, the author created a grand tragic stage in which gods and humans interact over several generations.

From Roman Theatre

…The only Roman tragedies we can read today are those written by Seneca during the reign of Emperor Nero. All nine of his tragedies are crepidata plays, and his most famous plays are Agamemnon, Phaedra, and Medea. Octavia, the only surviving praetexta play, is said to be the work of Seneca, but it is almost certain that it is a forgery. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Agamemnon" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その地の王ペラスゴスPelasgosは娘たちを守って追手と戦うか,あるいは娘たちを引き渡して神々の怒りと災いを招くか重大な選択に悩んだ末,民会に諮ってその保護を決断する。〈オレステイア〉(前458)は《アガメムノン》《供養する女たち》《慈みの女神たち》の3編が完全に残っている唯一の三部作である。内容については別項〈オレステイア三部作〉を参照されたい。…

【オレステイア三部作】より

…ギリシアの悲劇詩人アイスキュロスの晩年の作品(前458)で,《アガメムノン》《供養する女たち》《慈みの女神たち》の3編が完全に残っている唯一の三部作。作者は三部作という構成によって,数世代にわたり神と人とがかかわり合う壮大な悲劇の舞台を作り出した。…

【ローマ演劇】より

…ローマの悲劇でわれわれが今日読むことができるのは,ネロ帝治政下のセネカの作品だけである。彼の残した9編の悲劇はすべて〈クレピダタ劇〉で,《アガメムノンAgamemnon》《ファエドラPhaedra》《メデアMedea》などが有名である。現存する唯一の〈プラエテクスタ劇〉である《オクタウィアOctavia》はセネカ作と伝えられるが,偽作であることがほぼ確実な作品である。…

※「《アガメムノン》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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