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Agamemnon
Aeschylus
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In what year was Aeschylus born?
500 BC
525 BC
535 BC
550 BC
2
of 5
How many of the more than ninety plays written by Aeschylus have survived to the modern era?
Three
Five
Seven
Ten
3
of 5
What play immediately follows Agamemnon in the Oresteia trilogy?
Prometheus Bound
The Eumenides
The Libation Bearers
The Suppliants
4
of 5
The events of Agamemnon take place against the backdrop of which ancient historical conflict, which was recounted in Homer's Iliad?
The Trojan War
The Battle of Zama
Caesar's Civil War
The Corinthian War
5
of 5
What element did Aeschylus add to his plays, creating a new range of dramatic possibilities?
A second actor
An understudy
A chorus
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