them a percentage of the treasures.In 1873 Heinrich found treasure there that included golden earrings‚ necklaces‚ pots of silver‚ gold and other itemssuch as gold diadems believed to have been worn by queens and princesses. He also found the mask of Agamemnon in Mycenae‚ in Greece.Most of this treasure was believed to be owned by King Priam who ruled Troy.He‚ however‚ left Turkey with the treasure without giving the government anything and was later sued and was fined $5000‚ which he gladly paid ten
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of Clytemnestra guilt or innocents is questioned. She does many things that people are not too happy with and those controversial actions throughout the story‚ mainly in the first part Agamemnon get her into the trouble. As we explore the case that builds against her innocents by exploring the killings of Agamemnon and Cassandra and the boastful expression about the killings. This action causes a great deal of rage in Clytemnestra. One could very well understand why she would act this way. Clytemnestra
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the tragic abyss occurs in the tense transition when Clytaemnesthra kills Agamemnon. Orestes’ father‚ Agamemnon‚ acts as the protagonist in the first part of the Oresteia and when Clytaemnesthra kills him‚ there is turmoil. Just as in the tragic abyss‚ during the moment when Clytaemnesthra kills Agamemnon‚ there seems to be no escape from the problem and the audience is shown the corruption of the world. Since Agamemnon is a noble and pious man‚ the viewers immediately feel the tension within the
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Jerrer. These‚ along with other classical stories read to him by his father‚ especially Homer’s Iliad‚ inspired him to one day uncover the city of Troy. Slide 3- Heinrich Schliemann is credited with the discovery of the city of Troy‚ the mask of Agamemnon and King Priam’s treasure‚ a treasure which consisted of golden earrings‚ necklaces‚ pots of silver and gold. In his report he said‚ "I cut out the Treasure with a large knife. This required great exertion and involved great risk‚ since the wall
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Greek society. In the tragedy of Agamemnon there are several cases where one person was killed as payback for another person that was murdered. For example‚ Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter‚ Iphigenia‚ in order to please the goddess Artemis. When Clytemnestra‚ Agamemnon’s wife‚ found out about her daughter’s death she was heartbroken and angry. Clytemnestra immediately began plotting her revenge against Agamemnon to make up for her daughter’s death. When Agamemnon returns from the battle of Troy
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Draw yourself a Venn diagram and use it to note similarities and differences between the two characters‚ Hamlet and Agamemnon. Do this on your own now and complete it thoroughly. As part of your analysis‚ consider how the following elements of tragedy are used in each play. (Remember‚ this is what you learned in Lesson 1.) Aristotle’s four components of tragedy: It involves someone of higher standing. This protagonist makes an error in judgement. This error results in suffering for the person. This
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retaliating against the Trojan prince Paris who stole the Greek king Menelaus’ wife Helen. Agamemnon the brave and supercilious brother of Menelaus is a prominent Greek leader in the war. Agamemnon demonstrates the theme of honor through his desire for most booty and the finest spoils gained in the war. Hektor is also a brave warrior‚ however; he is a Trojan Prince‚ the son of King Priam. Unlike Agamemnon‚ Hektor’s ambitions are not to seek honor through war plunder‚ but to remain an honorable and
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Aegean Art and Architecture Several closely related but distinct cultures developed on islands and peninsular adjacent to the Aegean in the third and second millennia BCE. The Cycladic culture was named for the islands forming an irregular circle north of Crete. The culture on the mainland is called Helladic. Together these separate cultures forms the civilization known as Aegean. Until the second half of the nineteenth century‚ much of the civilization was known from the Iliad and the Odyssey
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214-219). Briseis is the one thing Agamemnon can take away from Achilles. Agamemnon has plenty of other slave girls for his pleasure and he can’t give up just one of them. His hubris blinds him of the harm he will cause to his people by sending Achilles into his temper tantrum. Unlike Paris‚ there is a small chance Agamemnon can rid himself of hubris‚ but it can only come through the loss of his brother‚ Menelaus. The immaturity
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Reading Assignment #1 Study Questions: The Iliad 1. What is the main conflict between Agamemnon and Achilles in Book 1? a. Achilles and Agamemnon’s conflict is a bit of a long story that is loaded with lots of details. b. Agamemnon took Chryseis‚ Apollos’s priest’s‚ Chryses’s‚ daughter‚ as plunder during a raid on Troy. Agamemnon did not accept Chryses respectful plea for his daughter’s freedom in exchange for a wealthy sum. Chryses then prays to Apollo for vengeance and justice. Apollo responds
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