interfered with life below Olympus. This is seen in both Homers poems the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ where the gods interfered throughout the stories. In the Iliad‚ the gods interfered in both side of the war‚ by favoring who they were going to help. When Agamemnon did not return Chryseis‚ her father a Trojan high priest turned to Apollo for help. In turn‚ Apollo sent a plague throughout the Greek army. When Hector took Achilles armor from Patroclus‚
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protection in childbirth. Artemis held many domains. After giving birth‚ possessions of the women would be offered‚ of similar objects. Iphigenia was also worshipped at this site‚ as myths suggest she was important to Artemis. Artemis saved her when Agamemnon sacrificed her‚ and Iphigenia set up the cult at
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Atreus. It all began with the king‚ “Agamemnon” killing his own fleshing blood‚ Iphigenia. Because Agamemnon killed Iphigenia‚ Clytemnestra who was the mother of Iphigenia and the wife of Agamemnon grew quite heated and at the moment wanted to take her husband’s life. In addition to that‚ Agamemnon cheated on Clytemnestra by bringing Cassandra‚ the princess of Troy when he made his triumphant return from the Trojan War. However‚ this wasn’t a happy return for Agamemnon but rather a dejected one because
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of allowing desire and sexual attraction to overcome reason. Beginning in the first book‚ erotic love is responsible for starting the rage of Achilles. Agamemnon demands Achilles’ concubine Brisies for himself in exchange for returning his maiden Chryseis to her father Chryses in order to end the plague set upon the Achaean army. Agamemnon and Achilles‚ two of the best Achaean warriors‚ came extremely close to battling each other over these stolen maidens – a fight driven by erotic love that could
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“All conflict in literature is‚ in its simplest form‚ a struggle between good and evil.” This statement means that all the themes and struggles in literature‚ when broken down to their most simplest forms‚ are a conflict between good and evil. Usually in conflicts‚ there are two sides that fight over one thing. One side is considered good‚ while the other side is considered bad. The people that are good do it for the right thing while the people that are bad do it for the wrong
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of Atreus and Aerope‚ brother of Agamemnon‚ king of Mycenae and‚ according to the Iliad‚ leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the War. Prominent in both the Iliad and Odyssey‚ Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy; the latter more as a hero of the Trojan War than as a member of the doomed House of Atreus. Menelaus fought bravely at Troy‚ although he did not occupy as important a position as his brother Agamemnon‚ who was the commander-in-chief of
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York University Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Department of Humanities 2012-2013 AP/HUMA 1105 9.0 Myth and Imagination in Ancient Greece and Rome Course Web Site: https://moodle.yorku.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=493 Course Director: Dr. Donald Burke 250 Vanier College dab135@yorku.ca Tel. (416) 736-2100 ext. 70476 Course Secretary: Rowena Linton 209 Vanier College Tel. (416) 736-2100 ext. 33214 Expanded course description and learning objectives
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Examples: – Agamemnon feels dishonored by having to give up Chryseis‚ and he takes Briseis from Achilles to restore his honor. Achilles‚ in turn‚ feels his honor has been compromised by the loss of Briseis. – Hector ignores Andromache’s pleas to stop fighting because he believes he must defend the honor of Troy and thereby defend his honor as a warrior. Create a three-column chart: Character Agamemnon Achilles Hector Example of Honor or Dishonor Explanation Andromache Agamemnon • Example:
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It seems as though‚ as soon as the gods introduce and permit a certain illegal action‚ the actors dutifully carry out the crimes‚ which often include very personal domestic violence‚ in the name of the “greater good.” For Agamemnon‚ it is almost understandable – I could see how he‚ as a ruler‚ may need to prioritize the survival of his empire over his daughter and make the utilitarian choice for the “greater good.” But does he consider his wife‚ the mother of his child? He
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(London: Methuen). Knox‚ B. (1982) Introductory essay in Robert Fagles’ translation of Oedipus The King (Harmondsworth: Penguin). Lesky‚ A. (1965) Greek Tragedy‚ tr. H. A. Fanfort (London: Barnes & Noble). Lloyd-Jones‚ H. (1962) ‘The Guilt of Agamemnon’‚ Classical Quarterly‚ 12: 187–99. March‚ J. (2001) Sophocles Electra (Warminster: Aris & Phillips). McDonald‚ M. (2003) The Living Art of Greek Tragedy (Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press). Murray‚ G. (1940) Aeschylus The
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