Zeus supports Agamemnon not only as a king, but also as a father, and reprimands the deeds of both Clytemnestra and Helen; Zeus determines what is right and wrong. This can be seen in the vulture imagery; “Like vultures robbed of their young, / the agony sends them frenzied, / soaring high from the nest, round and / round they wheel, they row their wings / stroke upon churning thrashing stroke, / but all the labour, the bed of pain / the young are lost forever” (54-60). The function of this imagery is to diminish the mother role in the nuclear family, and emphasize the father as the significant parent. This piece of the passage reverses the roles of mother and father; Menelaus and Agamemnon are presented as the role of nurturer and concerned with the welfare of their children. By excluding the mother and placing the father as nurturer, the abhorrence of Agamemnon’s children towards their mother is justified, and so matricide is acceptable.…