Agamemnon

judgment error like in Aeschylus ' The Oresteia. In The Oresteia, Agamemnon, the first tragic hero of the play, makes the error of killing his oldest daughter, Iphigenia in order to please the gods of war. Him knowingly sacrificing his oldest daughter led to angering his wife Clytaemnestra, and ultimately leading to his own murderous downfall. Unlike the common tragic hero, the class and I found Oedipus more innocent than others such as Agamemnon because he did not entirely have full knowledge…

There have been countless relationships throughout the mythological era. The question that comes to mind is that were these relationships, from the sexual part of it, consensual. When a god or goddess seduced a mortal, was the mortal a willing participant engaging in a love affair or was the experience a rape, or sexual violation of a weaker, or inferior person. “The sheer amount of rape in classical myth is staggering, and modern retellings tend to omit or romanticize it” (Morales 2007). In…

1. The Labors of Heracles that can be seen as ‘conquests of death’ are: First would be the Labor of the Cattle of Geryon. In this quest Heracles had to face terribly awful odds in order to complete the task. He had to go to the western edge of the earth and even required the aid of Helius’ golden cup to sail the waters in and had to face the Geryon, his herdsman and Orthus. It was unlikely, or even impossible that he completed the quest and the fact that he did makes it a conquest of death.…

His first play was performed when he was 26 years old. 90 or less of his works are preserved today. Some of his works are Agamemnon, The Persians, and more. Agamemnon is one of the three tragedies that link together like a chain to form a trilogy. The Persians are the response to the new of the Persians military being defeated. According to Luke Mastin, the piece is ranked one of the oldest plays…

whom Zeus delights with honor.” It was a big deal for men to have and gain honor but just as important for them to keep it. The effect of being considered honorable can be seen on page 14 of the Iliad, as soon as Achilles says he’s going home Agamemnon declares, “I have others in plenty who will honor me, first and foremost Zeus all wise.” Honor was considered over military experience which is stated by Athena page 00 of the Iliad. The man with the most honor and the most ships would be the one…

The title of the work is The Iliad. Type: The Iliad is an epic. Author: The name of the author is Homer. Theme: The central idea of the epic is Rage. In the beginning of the work the character, Achilles, is said to be the reason why many Greeks died during war. In the epic poem, it says that Achilles allowed his rage to control his thinking, which resulted in him removing himself from the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. Continuing throughout the work Achilles continued to allow his…

other time it can be misinterpreted. I am going to discuss how the Kyrios, mother, and the children can both be accurately portrayed or inaccurately simply depending on which myth you read. The two myths I chose to explore this concept further are Agamemnon, Menelaus, Nestor and Cercrops, Erichthonius, and Erechtheus. In these Greek myths, familial roles are portrayed in both effective and ineffective ways which highlight the expectations surrounding the structure of the Okios, or family unit,…

names. Regardless of some having more depth than others, all the women are portrayed in a way that only serves to advance both the plot and the character of the males. In the Iliad the story begins with a fight between Achilles and Agamemnon for a slave girl. Agamemnon is forced to give up his slave girl and demands “another prize ready for me right away” (Iliad 1.126.). The slave girls…

hinting that Patroclus serves as a person who is capable of humbling him to some extent. Their close relationship only makes Patroclus’s death more important in Achilles’s recognition of his own flaws. This same familial relationship exists between Agamemnon and Iphigenia, but in an even deeper sense due to their more direct connection. His close and well known bond with his daughter heightens the importance of his decisions, however he struggles to make any such concrete choices. As a leader,…

1) Agamemnon - (ag-uh-mem-non) In Greek legend, he was the king of Mycenae or argos. When Paris (Alexandros). son of King Priam of Troy. 2) Alcinous - (al-sin-oh-us s) He is the King of the Phaeacians, who offers Odysseus hospitality in his island kingdom of Scheria. 3) Amphinomus - (am-fin-uh-muh s) Among the dozens of suitors, the only decent man seeking Penelope's hand in marriage. 4) Antinous - (an-tin-oh-us s) The most arrogant of Penelope's suitors. Antinous leads the campaign…