07 1 THE BRITISH ACADEMY THE ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE LECTURE 1914 Hamlet and Orestes A Study in Traditional Types By Gilbert Murray‚ LL.D.‚ D.Litt. Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford Fellow of the Academy New York Oxford University Press American Branch 35 West 32nd Street London : Humphrey Milford THE BRITISH ACADEMY THE ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE LECTURE 1914 Hamlet and Orestes A Study in Traditional Types By Gilbert Murray
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Matrilineal Relationships Ancient Greek mythology was a genre characterized by patriarchal dominance. Epics heralded heroes such as Heracles‚ Achilles and Odysseus. Authors chronicled the genealogies of the great Grecian gods‚ such as Zeus‚ Dionysus and Apollo‚ leaving out no detail when describing the powers and strength they wielded. On the other hand‚ female figures‚ though less celebrated‚ played a significant and weighty role as well in Greek mythology. As a whole‚ mother figures‚ both mortal
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Odyssey Essay‚ Penelope. Penelope one of the most important characters Homer presents to us in his book of the Odyssey. She was the daughter of Icarius and Polycaste and is in a role in the work in which he is forced to wait for her husband‚ the main character of the book‚ Odysseus. Stopping us to analyze this character‚ we can see that the figure of Penelope represents different values. Penelope also presents a series of contradictory characteristics which I would like to focus attention. You
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War in his youth‚ who has studied law‚ been a skipper‚ achieved great success in business and served as Mayor of the small town in which his family is outstanding. His Clytemnestra is Christine‚ a foreigner who has long been out of love with her husband and who has now come to hate him. Christine is far more venomous than Clytemnestra. For her it was a simple case of husband change. Having got bored or fed up with one Patriarch‚ she wanted to experience the ecstasy of love. Up to this point the story
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in Hades; son of Zeus. Aeëtes: King of Colchis; father of Medea; keeper of Golden Fleece. Aegeus: Father of Theseus; believing Theseus killed in Crete‚ he drowned himself; Aegean Sea named for him. Aegisthus: Son of Thyestes; slew Atreus; with Clytemnestra‚ his paramour‚ slew Agamemnon; slain by Orestes. Aegyptus: Brother of Danaus; his sons‚ except Lynceus‚ slain by Danaides. Aeneas: Trojan; son of Anchises and Aphrodite; after fall of Troy‚ led his followers eventually to Italy; loved and deserted
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that launched a thousand ships”( Roman and Greek Mythology A to Z ). Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Leda ‚ Zeus came to Leda and mated with her disguised as a swan and Helen was born from an egg. She was the sister of Castor‚ Polydeuces and Clytemnestra; Wife of Menelaus; lover to Paris and the reason of the Trojan War. It is noted that Helen is the daughter of Tyndareus and Zeus because Leda was believed to have had intercourse with Tyndareus and Zeus the night Helen was conceived. When Helen
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Gill‚ N.s. "Seneca - A Thinker for Our Times." Ancient / Classical History - Ancient Greece & Rome & Classics Research Guide. Web. 02 Nov. 2010. <http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/seneca/a/Seneca.htm>. Hall‚ Edith. "Aeschylus’ Clytemnestra versus Her Senecan Tradition." RHUL. Web. 20 Nov. 2010. <http://www.rhul.ac.uk/research/crgr/files/papers/agamemnon.pdf>. Hayes‚ David C. "Medea: Seneca Vs. Euripedes‚ Page 2 of 3." Associated Content from Yahoo! - Associatedcontent.com
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English IV Period E 28 November 2012 The Cause of the Trojan War Agamemnon and Paris are to blame for the Trojan War because of the choices they made. Agamemnon wanted to conquer Troy but never had a reason behind it; Paris kidnapped Helen‚ the wife of Menelaus‚ and that made Agamemnon and Menelaus angry. This finally gave Agamemnon a reason to go after Troy. He wanted his brother to have his wife back and if that meant he was able to attack Troy‚ that’s what he was going to do. He took his anger
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Odyssey Essay‚ Penelope. Penelope one of the most important characters Homer presents to us in his book of the Odyssey. She was the daughter of Icarius and Polycaste and is in a role in the work in which he is forced to wait for her husband‚ the main character of the book‚ Odysseus. Stopping us to analyze this character‚ we can see that the figure of Penelope represents different values. Penelope also presents a series of contradictory characteristics which I would like to focus attention. You
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Breanna Manlick 4-26-2014 CLAS 342 Paper Assignment #2 Character Foils for Odysseus The Odyssey is the epic that has been read time and time again‚ by varying ages‚ digging its way into our hearts‚ becoming an instant classic. Odysseus and the adventures of his homecoming create a much different tale than Homer’s other work‚ the Iliad‚ provided. The epic is not about bloodthirsty men trying to get their hands on kleos anymore; it is about the homecoming of a man who uses his wits‚ not his weapon
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