When Was the Eumenides Written?

Oresteia

, trilogy of tragic dramas by the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, first performed in 458 bce. It is his last work and the only complete trilogy of Greek dramas that has survived.

When did Eumenides take place?

....... The Eumenides is a stage drama that was first performed in Athens, Greece, in 458 BC, along with two other plays: Agamemnon and The Libation Bearers (also called Choephori, Choëphoroe, and Choephoroi in English transliterations from Greek).

Why was the Oresteia written?

The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Erinyes.