Trilogies of Greek drama are sometimes based upon a reoccurring theme. In Aeschylus' The Orestia, the theme of the "curse on the house of Atreus" foreshadows the fate of the trilogies characters.
The curse is based upon the revenge ethic. It is believed that justice and personal revenge belongs to the insulted or to someone directly related, preferably blood. In this case, justice is carried out by murder.
In the first play of Aeschylus' trilogy, "The Agamemnon", Agamemnon's death is partially caused by the brutal curse on the house of Atreus. His wife's, Clytemnestra, lover, Aegistus, takes part in the murder of Agamemnon
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