Aegisthus

Comparing Quotes from Greek Mythology The theme of justice is one of the prevailing themes in Greek mythology. It is usually inextricably connected with the theme of revenge or is rooted in it. As a rule, protagonists of Greek myths are noble and virtuous people driven by the search of truth, rightness, and self-exploration. They are bearers of high moral principles. Everything they do is marked by honor and dignity. However, justice as viewed by Greek heroes differs from the generally accepted…

The Athenian legal system is presented in the play when Agamemnon's son Orestes murders his mother queen Clytemnestra and her husband Aegisthus. Once the murder is over orestes begins having vivid solutions of multiple furies attacking and touching him for the death of his mother. Orestes starts sprinting off to the unknown away from the attack that nobody else can see, after many hours…

leave so he sacrificed his daughter, Iphigenia, to the gods. He then left Clytemnestra to rule for ten years not including the several years of sailing.While he was gone, his wife, Clytemnestra, planned her revenge and had an affair with his cousin Aegisthus. Upon his return she did not appeal to the people as to what his fate should be, but, taking justice into her own hands, she killed him and…

his kingdom is extremely rich, so even if he was not real there is link to the real, wealthy city influencing the myth. Aeschylus does not directly say the House of Atreus is rich, but it is heavily suggested by the play’s details; for example, Aegisthus has gained enough from Agamemnon’s death to look into buying support from the citizens, or they have tapestries worthy of sacrifice to the gods just lying around. Dr. Blackwell said the Lion’s Gate relief was to show off Mycenae’s wealth and…

the immortals seem to be simple magnifications of man’s vices wrapped in the greatest deception—beauty. One of the common practices, both on earth and in the heavens, is adultery. Just like the affair between Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, Aphrodite did the same with Ares. Caught in the act, Aphrodite was called a “brazen bitch, who may be… a lovely creature but is the slave of her passions” (The Odyssey 8.319-20). Like a man…

Once Odysseus and his men arrive at the world of the dead, they dig a trench and offer sacrifices as Circle command they do. When the sacrifices were offered up, countless ghosts appeared. He asked Odysseus to give him a proper burial when the crew returned to Aeaea, which Odysseus eagerly agreed to do. Anticleia, Odysseus's mother, was the next ghost that appeared, but Odysseus did not let her come near the blood. Ghosts in the land of the dead are concerned with one custom: Elpenor cares that…

The Odyssey illustrates the journey of Odysseus on his homecoming after the Trojan War. Through Homer's Iliad and Odyssey has mentioned the possible existence and access of the Afterlife through rituals as expressed by Achilles in the Iliad after he received a premonition of his cousin Patroclus after he had not completed his funeral right and could not move forward to the realm of the dead. Homer’s Odyssey Book XI raises several important themes about the presentation of the Afterlife in Greek…

in a similar manner to Kalypso use their body over heart to lure a man into them. Clytemnestra’s horrific, cheating behavior is used by Homer to show the cruel behavior of a cheating and scandalous wife. The fact that she kills her husband with Aegisthus, the man she committed adulterous acts with, only goes to show how little she cares. In addition to actions, Homer uses Clytemnestra and Kalypso’s behavior to compare them to Penelope’s because the two women are far…

Women of the Odyssey Throughout the Odyssey women are viewed in a myriad of ways; however, a common thread is woven into the epic. Women are seen as subordinate to men. Goddesses obey the gods, and mortal women kneel before their male counterparts. Suffering places itself upon women who disobey men. Females who allow men to control them are regarded with higher esteem than those who transgress the beliefs of men. At a glance it may appear that women are inferior to men; however, with deeper…

sympathy towards the audience and Zeus which proceeds to planning Odysseus’ journey home. 2. CHARACTERIZATION When advising Telemachus to search for his father, Athena mentions “‘what glory Prince Orestes won throughout the world’” when he killed Aegisthus who had killed his father(1.343). Athena’s words highlight that Telemachus has done nothing…