For 10 points, name this Aeschylus play, the first in the Oresteia, which is titled after the high king of the Greeks at Troy.
After the death of Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Kennedy gave a speech quoting this play's "Hymn to Zeus." The protagonist of this play initially refuses, but is tempted into entering his house on a luxurious blood-red tapestry in a section called the "carpet scene." This play begins with a speech by a watchman who sees that a beacon is lit, indicating the title character's return. In this play, Cassandra has a vision of a "human slaughterhouse awash in blood" as the title character is murdered in his bathtub by Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. For 10 points, name this Aeschylus play, the first in the Oresteia, which is titled after the high king of the Greeks at Troy.
After the death of Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Kennedy gave a speech quoting this play's "Hymn to Zeus.
Agamemnon