Oresteia‚ Aeschylus began with the homecoming of Agamemnon from the Trojan War. There‚ he acquired a concubine‚ Cassandra. Upon bringing her home‚ his wife‚ Clytemnestra and her lover‚ Aegisthus‚ plotted their murder. This prompted the return of Orestes from his years of exile from Argos to avenge his father’s death. Ultimately he killed both Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. This lead the Furies to drove him into madness and both Apollo and Athena had to be brought in to stop the tutor. In this play‚ the motives
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daughter‚ Iphigenia‚ to insure a safe voyage to Troy. When Agamemnon returns with his mistress Cassandra‚ his wife Clytemnestra welcomes him declaring how much she missed him and that she was faithful all this time. However‚ soon after his return‚ Clytemnestra avenges her daughter’s death by murdering her husband and his new concubine. The audience soon finds‚ though‚ that Clytemnestra not only killed her husband for revenge‚ but so she could be with Aegisthus whom she had been cheating on Agamemnon
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argued that he was good‚ while others dispute that his motives were wrong. Clytemnestra‚ Agamemnon’s wife‚ gained a strong hatred for him‚ after he sacrificed his own daughter so he could go to war. Many believe that this was not necessary and could have been overcome. The chorus seems to agree with this to an extent‚ and feels that Agamemnon could have prayed and requested that he not sacrifice his daughter. Clytemnestra‚ after Agamemnon was at war for a few years‚ began to cheat on Agamemnon
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Agamemnon‚ Clytemnestra and Orestes all had faced choices that not one knew what direction to go to solve them. Most of the conflict that was held was between the old goods and new goods and neither behalf having a clear cut right and wrong. Agamemnon was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae‚ know as the great commander f or the Greek Trojan war‚ and also had for children with Clytemnestra. As the story goes on he was later murdered by Clytemnestra and her new found love Augustus. Clytemnestra was the
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In The Libation Bearers‚ Orestes and Electra seek vengeance for the death of their father and hatch a plot to now kill Clytemnestra‚ their mother. They call upon Apollo for help‚ and he gives Orestes divine permission to kill Clytemnestra in revenge. The chorus sings‚ "To have good success – / this is god among men‚ and more‚ even‚ than god / Justice weighs down with its dark‚ / quickly upon some in the light; / for some mid-way
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the tale differs slightly from the last and while the outcome is always the same‚ the characters are portrayed in vastly different lights between the poem and the play. Where the Odyssey portrays Agamemnon as a hero murdered by his lecherous wife Clytemnestra and his cowardly cousin Aegisthus‚ Agamemnon portrays him as cold and arrogant while his wife is a more sympathetic character and is reasonably justified in her actions. Agamemnon is the son of Atreus‚ nephew of Thyestes‚ brother of Menelaus and
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Their manipulated morals are seen when‚ despite having previously stated they would prey upon the sinners while leaving alone the innocent‚ they treat sinners unequally and attempt to justify their behavior. The Erinyes reveal this injustice when Orestes suggests that his mother was guilty and deserved to die‚ saying‚ "Or. She was polluted with a double crime. / Ch. How so? .... / Or
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The Theme of Family in the Oresteia and the Medea Understanding Greek tragedy depends upon tracing the growth of characters and themes within the plays and how they help to highlight the greater significance of the work. A prominent theme discussed by the tragedians is that of family and is dominant in both the Oresteia and the Medea. The Oresteia centers on concepts of what family is and how obligations within a family transcend personal desires and dictate the life of individuals. The Medea on
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resembles a modern day photograph. The expression on the faces of each character in this painting drew me in even more. I wanted to know more: Why? Who? What was about to happen? At first glance‚ it seemed as though the woman in the background‚ Clytemnestra the mother‚ is being disturbed. King Agamemnon‚ the man portrayed in the foreground‚ appears to be directing the soldier‚ Achilles‚ as he is about to strike. After reading the history behind the painting‚ I better understand the expressions shown
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Iakovos Kambanellis This is an interview with Greek directorConstantinos Passalis- by Reza Shirmarz based on translating Iakovos Kambanellis into Persian - :نوشتۀ پشت جلد این کتاب عبارت است ازlanguage. Constantinos Passalis was born in Marmari of Evia‚ Greece. At a very young age his family moved to Athens where after finishing his secondary education‚ he studied law. The Arts won him over however and he went on to study theatre at the Michaelides School of Drama. He then came to London
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