(Ἀχαιοί) — aka the Hellenes (Greeks)‚ Danaans (Δαναοί)‚ and Argives (Ἀργεĩοι). Agamemnon — King of Mycenae‚ leader of the Greeks. Achilles — Leader of the Myrmidons‚ half-divine war hero. Odysseus — King of Ithaca‚ the wiliest Greek commander and hero of the Odyssey. Ajax the Greater — son of Telamon‚ with Diomedes‚ he is second to Achilles in martial prowess. Menelaus — King of Sparta‚ husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon. Diomedes — son of Tydeus‚ King of Argos. Ajax the Lesser — son of Oileus
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In the first play of Aeschylus’s Oresteia‚ Agamemnon‚ the statement is made by the chorus: "Zeus‚ who laid it down that man must in sorrow learn and through pain to wisdom find his way" (Agamemnon‚ 84-86). This statement is a central theme throughout the Agamemnon and Aeschylus seems to be implying that wisdom comes only through suffering. Suffering is possibly the most effective tool for attaining wisdom. It is‚ however‚ not the only modality through which wisdom can be attained and there are
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situation of Agamemnon and Aigisthos. This example demonstrates that even the authority of the Greek gods cannot overcome the imbalance of power caused by the lack of figurative vision‚ for “the gods may love a man‚ but they can’t help him when cold death comes to lay him on his bier‚” (III‚ 255-256). The gods attempt to save Agamemnon from the consequences of his figurative blindness by warning Aigisthos against the betrayal‚ but even the interference of the gods cannot assist Agamemnon when he is
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Berkshires of New England. During one of his classes‚ Silk makes a classical allusion to the conflict between the powerful King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles over the maiden Briseis in Homer ’s epic‚ the Iliad. Agamemnon steals Briseis ‚ who is a war prize of Achilles‚ after he returns his own captured maiden‚ Chryseis‚ back to her father. Achilles is enraged by Agamemnon ’s actions and vows to never assist the Greeks in their quests again. Silk is unknowingly describing‚ symbolically‚ the situation
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The dramatic presentations of ancient Greece developed out of religious rites performed to honor gods or to mark the coming of spring. Playwrights such as Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ and Euripides composed plays to be performed and judged at competitions held during the yearly Dionysian festivals. Those plays were chosen by a selection board and evaluated by a panel of judges. To compete in the contest‚ Greek playwrights had to submit three tragedies‚ which could be either based on a common theme or unrelated
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a Trojan’s allied town and two maidens are taken as prized possession from the town‚ one for Achilles and one for Agamemnon. During a plague‚ Agamemnon is asked to return his prize and in anger asks Achilles to give him his prize. In anger Achilles draws sword toward Agamemnon’s men and is about to slay when Athena appears to control his anger. Achilles stops fighting for Agamemnon and tells his mother to ask Zeus for revenge on Agamemnon’s army. The Ramayana starts off with Ram‚ who was the prince
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persona throughout warfare is interpreted as an unstoppable killing force filled with pride because he allowed no one to come in his way. Because he longed for glory so he would be remembered by people in the future‚ he agreed to join the forces of Agamemnon to swiftly fulfill his own desires. Achilles’ selfish
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of female roles. Homer’s Klytaimnestra represents the scheming devil archetype. As is recapitulated in The Odyssey‚ Klytaimnestra’s husband‚ Agamemnon‚ is gone for years fighting the Trojan War‚ while Klytaimnestra sits alone at home‚ bored. She is expected to be chaste and perfectly faithful to her husband for all those years‚ even though Agamemnon is socially permitted to take a mistress‚ Kassandra‚ without any sort of uproar. Klytaimnestra‚ however‚ has sexual needs which Agamemnon’s absence
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rather the gods serve only to benefit themselves. Before concluding with how the gods did not serve the mortal in a just way‚ and establishment needs to be made on what the mortal wanted. In the 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
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