At the Armory, anOresteiaThat’s Barely Greek
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Legend has it that the first performance of AeschylusOresteiatrilogy, in 458 B.C., terrified people. Like the Athenian audience two and a half millennia before me, I felt fear. Part of it was the space itself. It takes you a moment to notice the ominous ticking that echoes through the space. Alongside this pleasurably theatrical foreboding, however, I felt a deeper dread....