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The Oresteia

Aeschylus · -458

The only surviving complete trilogy from ancient Greece. Aeschylus traces the curse on the House of Atreus from Agamemnon's murder through Orestes' revenge to the founding of Athenian justice. It's the Western world's first argument that law should replace blood vengeance.

Drama · the Pro canon

The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.