How long does it take to read Oresteia?
Oresteia by Aeschylus takes about 3 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1845. 187 pages, about 51,425 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 134 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Oresteia -- Agamemnon, Choephori, and The Eumenides -- depicts the downfall of the house of Atreus: after King Agamemnon is murdered by Clytemnestra, their son, Orestes, is commanded by Apollo to avenge the crime by killing his mother, and he does so, bringing on himself the wrath of the Furies and the judgment of Athens. Together, the three plays are one of the major achievements of Greek antiquity. - Publisher.
Subjects: Agamemnon (Greek mythology), Drama, Electra (Greek mythology), Greek drama, Greek drama (Tragedy), Orestes (Greek mythology)
