I finished reading the second part of the Oresteian trilogy by Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers (translated by Robert Fagles).

This middle section of the trilogy opens with Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, bringing libations to the tomb of her father at the instruction of her mother, Clytemnestra. Orestes, along with his companion Pylades, has just returned to his childhood home of Argos and the house of Atreus. After the two siblings reunite, the next step in the curse of Tantalus inevitably unfolds, even as Orestes questions the decision he has made.

This tragedy continues the theme of fate and destiny, the sins of one’s ancestors, and the disharmony brought about by conflict within the family home.

“It is the law: when the blood of slaughter
wets the ground it wants more blood.
Slaughter cries for the Fury
of those long dead to bring destruction
on destruction churning in its wake!”