Classics Holiday Homework
Mythic Characters:
Ajax: Ajax or Telemonian Ajax was considered Greece’s second warrior during the Trojan War. Ajax fought various battles, most of which were easy victories, however Hector of Troy came the closest to beating Ajax when the two fought one on one. It was when Achilles armour was awarded to Odysseus instead of Ajax that the warrior was ultimately defeated. Ajax became delusional with rage and as a result killed sheep who he thought were the Greeks who had awarded the armour. When he returned to his senses Ajax was so humiliated that he skewered himself to death. It seemed that in the end the only warrior that could defeat Ajax was Ajax himself.
Clytemnestra: Clytemnestra can be considered one of …show more content…
We first hear about him in the play “Agamemnon” when the Watchman tells us that Agamemnon has been gone for ten years fighting the Trojans. Our picture of Agamemnon becomes more complicated, however, during the first song of the Chorus. The Chorus starts off by saying that Agamemnon and Menelaus were just in making war against the Trojans; in fact, they explicitly say that Agamemnon was sent by Zeus. When Agamemnon finally appears on stage he makes a speech about how the gods must be thanked, appearing quite pious. However we see Agamemnon quite readily into his wife bullying, causing us to question his piety. We ultimately are left questioning whether Agamemnon could be quite arrogant and foolish. However before we can get to know this character in more depth Clytemnestra murders both Agamemnon and …show more content…
However she seems to spend most of her time crying "always with her the wretched nights and days also waste her away with her weeping" (16.38-9). This however is understandable has been gone for 20 years and missing for 10 of those, while she remains completely helpless against the suitors who have overrun her house. Much like her husband Odysseus Penelope has some of her own crafty tricks; for example at the end of the epic she devises a plot to get rid of the suitors: making them string Odysseus's bow and shoot and arrow through 12 axe heads, when everyone knows that Odysseus is the only guy who can do that. Penelope seems to represent home. Penelope’s cleverness, excellent household management, and apparently innate sense of modesty make her ancient Greece's ideal
Mythic Characters:
Ajax: Ajax or Telemonian Ajax was considered Greece’s second warrior during the Trojan War. Ajax fought various battles, most of which were easy victories, however Hector of Troy came the closest to beating Ajax when the two fought one on one. It was when Achilles armour was awarded to Odysseus instead of Ajax that the warrior was ultimately defeated. Ajax became delusional with rage and as a result killed sheep who he thought were the Greeks who had awarded the armour. When he returned to his senses Ajax was so humiliated that he skewered himself to death. It seemed that in the end the only warrior that could defeat Ajax was Ajax himself.
Clytemnestra: Clytemnestra can be considered one of …show more content…
We first hear about him in the play “Agamemnon” when the Watchman tells us that Agamemnon has been gone for ten years fighting the Trojans. Our picture of Agamemnon becomes more complicated, however, during the first song of the Chorus. The Chorus starts off by saying that Agamemnon and Menelaus were just in making war against the Trojans; in fact, they explicitly say that Agamemnon was sent by Zeus. When Agamemnon finally appears on stage he makes a speech about how the gods must be thanked, appearing quite pious. However we see Agamemnon quite readily into his wife bullying, causing us to question his piety. We ultimately are left questioning whether Agamemnon could be quite arrogant and foolish. However before we can get to know this character in more depth Clytemnestra murders both Agamemnon and …show more content…
However she seems to spend most of her time crying "always with her the wretched nights and days also waste her away with her weeping" (16.38-9). This however is understandable has been gone for 20 years and missing for 10 of those, while she remains completely helpless against the suitors who have overrun her house. Much like her husband Odysseus Penelope has some of her own crafty tricks; for example at the end of the epic she devises a plot to get rid of the suitors: making them string Odysseus's bow and shoot and arrow through 12 axe heads, when everyone knows that Odysseus is the only guy who can do that. Penelope seems to represent home. Penelope’s cleverness, excellent household management, and apparently innate sense of modesty make her ancient Greece's ideal