Folio Fiction Discussion Group: The Libation Bearers

Folio's Fiction book discussion group features a list of classic fiction, curated and led by Folio Librarian Lillian Dabney.

The last discussion of 2022 features The Libation Bearers from The Oresteia . In The Libation Bearers (Choephoroi), Orestes, Agamemnon's som, avenges his father by murdering his mother.

These plays embody Aeschylus' concerns with the destiny and fate of both individuals and the state, all played out under the watchful eye of the gods.