| ORESTEIA | Trilogy of tragic dramas by Aeschylus (8) |
| ORESYEIA | Trilogy of tragic dramas by Aeschylus (8) |
| THESPIAN | Word, from the name of the Greek poet regarded as the founder of tragic drama, for an actor (8) |
| MOURNING | 1931 play cycle by Eugene O'Neill that is a retelling of the Oresteia by Aeschylus (6,7,7) |
| SANATANA | & 9 Famous artist, penned a tragic drama about earliest of human faith (8,6) |
| MARAUDER | Bandit in tragic drama has united with Queen (8) |
| THESPIS | Greek poet of the 6c B.C. regarded as the founder of tragic drama (7) |
| THEIS | Reputed founder of tragic drama |
| BRANDISH | Flourish of tragic hero is hard to follow |
| CLEARCUT | Explicit end of tragic king omitted from performance |
| ORESTES | Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, described in a trilogy of Greek tragedies by Aeschylus (7) |
| SEVENAGAINSTTHEBES | The third and only extant play of a trilogy by Aeschylus |
| SOPOCLES | Contemporary of Aeschylus |
| ELECTRA | 1931 play cycle by Eugene O'Neill that is a retelling of the Oresteia by Aeschylus (6,7,7) |
| BECOMES | 1931 play cycle by Eugene O'Neill that is a retelling of the Oresteia by Aeschylus (6,7,7) |
| THEORESTEIA | Play trilogy by Aeschylus |
| PROMETHEUSUNBOUND | Title of plays by Aeschylus and Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| TORTOISE | What killed Aeschylus, in legend, when it was dropped by an eagle on his head |
| ANCIENTS | Aeschylus, Sophocles and Aristophanes |
| EUMENIDES | The ?, final part of The Oresteia by Aeschylus named after the Erinyes in Greek mythology |
