Year:
458 BC
Genres:
Tragedy
Medium of performance:
Fully Staged Play
Languages:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Known from:
Venues and occasions:
Theatre of Dionysus (Athens, Attica) -
City Dionysia
Production notes:
This was the first production of Aeschylus' 'Oresteia' trilogy. The tetralogy was: Agamemnon, Choephoroi, Eumenides and Proteus (satyr). Xenocles was choregos for this production. This was supposedly the last time that Aeschylus competed in the Dionysia.