... -456BC), Sophocles (ca. 495-406BC), and Euripides (ca. 485-406BC). One of Aeschylus' works was, The Oresteia (485BC.), which was a trilogy. The three plays were Agamemnon, The Choephori, and The Eumenides. The theme of the plays was about justice. He also introduced the second character to the stage.. Another playwright was Sophocles. He was most famous for three of his tragedies ... ...

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... finest lyrics in Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus has been wandering like a beggar with his daughter, Antigone, and has reached Colonus, a suburb of Athens. They reach a grove, which is a shrine of Eumenides, that admission is forbidden. A man approaches them and Oedipus tells the man to inform the king of Athens, Theseus, of his arrival. A group of elders enter the scene and Oedipus ... ...

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