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📊 Series Specifications
Network BBC Two
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 3
Original Language EN
The Serpent Son (1979)
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
Adaptation of the Aeschylus trilogy by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (Series 1)
3 Episodes E1 Agamemnon
Klytemnestra receives the news that her husband, Agamemnon, is returning victorious from the Trojan War.
E2 Grave Gifts
Seven years after the death of Agamemnon, Orestes returns to the tomb of his father and prays to Zeus to help him take vengeance on Klytemnestra and Aegisthus. At the tomb he meets his sister Elektra and the Chorus of Women encourage Orestes in his endeavour.
E3 Furies
Maddened by the pursuing Furies Orestes is driven from land to land until he takes refuge in the shrine of the Apollo.