Is there a main message to Aeschylus Agamemnon?

Agamemnon was the first play in a connected trilogy; it was followed by the Choephoroe and the Eumenides. The basic plot is this: Agamemnon returns from the Trojan War; his wife murders him in the bath tub and shacks up with Aegisthus; Ag's children, Electra and Orestes, plot to kill Clyt. read more

Agamemnon was the first play in a connected trilogy; it was followed by the Choephoroe and the Eumenides. read more

The main theme of the Agamemnon is rather a dilemma than any positive message. The short version is, Justice will be done, those who transgress will suffer, but woe be to those who carry out that justice by taking vengeance-they will, almost inevitably, transgress in their turn, and so they will have to suffer. read more