In the video “Greek Tragedy,” Grant Voth explains the meaning of Greek “tragedy.” It could be defined as a serious play or written work, one which shows that a person’s sins lead to consequences. An example of a literary work that held meaning to Greek tragedy was a trilogy of Aeschylus. The trilogy is composed of difficult choices that characters have to decide upon and whom gained consequences based on their actions. In the first book of the trilogy, after fighting from the Trojan War, Agamemnon was murdered by his wife Cassandra and her lover. The reason Cassandra killed Agamemnon was because ten years ago, he was forced to sacrifice their daughter Iphigenia to appease Artemis in exchange for an advancement in the Trojan War. In other
