Atreus

In the Oresteia, the city of Argos is tragic due to the need for vengeance and the curse that runs in the house of Atreus. Agamemnon is a war hero who carries a curse in his family bloodline. The family carries this curse since they have a desire to gain power and punish through murder. The family of Argos only focuses on their own belief of what they view as just and act from that. They seek revenge and reasons to murder to gain justice and punish those who are guilty. Since they only consider…

Truth and deception went hand in hand for the Greeks. The relationship often, but not always, involved deception used to conceal a powerful truth in both gods and humans. Truth, in itself, was power. The gods and humans told lies that showcased their craftiness while the truth demonstrated something else entirely. Meanwhile, gods and humans could also deceive in attempts to gain power while hiding their own powerful truths. Thus, deception was a necessary evil and part of the culture of the…

the role of a regent. Cly also acts as the antagonist; killing Agamemnon and Cassandra. Cly’s motivation to kill Mycenae’s king is rooted in Agamemnon’s sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia, her affair with Aegisthus, and the curse of the House of Atreus. Cly developed…

Who started the Trojan War? This question has led to numerous debates among historians. There is no concrete answer to this question, because Greek plays blame different individuals. Aeschylus’ Agamemnon suggests that the curse on the house of Atreus should be blamed for the suffering brought on by the Trojan War, while Euripides’ The Women of Troy implies that Helen is to blame, whereas I will argue that it is the Gods’ fault. In the play Agamemnon there are two parties debating who to blame…

Atreus’ wife cheated on him with his brother Thyestes, so Atreus cooked Thyestes sons and fed them to him. This made Thyestes have a son with his own daughter, who then killed Atreus. This son was the same man who killed Agamemnon. A court system such as the one Athena created could have stopped it by arresting Atreus in the very beginning, preventing every death in The Oresteia. The other example of blood…

your status in the world, and in terms of art history they can reveal a plethora of information on any given society. Some tombs that stand out from the Bronze Age Aegean time period are the following: The Grave Circles at Mycenae, The Treasury of Atreus, and the Lefkandi Heroon. Thanks to the discovery of these ancient tombs we were able to uncover an abundance of information on the civilization from that era. At Mycenae there has been two grave circles discovered. The first, Circle A, was…

to sacrifice Iphigenia that he “slipped his neck in the strap of Fate, his spirit veering black, impure, unholy, once he turned he stopped at nothing” (Agamemnon, lines 217-219). This was Agamemnon’s chance to escape the ancestral curse started by Atreus and Thyestes. Alas, he chooses to seal his fate, carry on the malediction, and continue the cycle of…

In the myth of Hera and Hephaistos, Hephaistos is held dearly by his mother because of his talents, which increase her social status, which makes him a commodity for his own mother. The House of Atreus shows the theory of exchange value as Tantalus values the gods' favor as much as that of his son, so he tried to exchange his son's life and meat for the gods' favor, which turned his son into nothing but a commodity. In his economic manuscripts,…

Explain some of the ways Ajax appears delusional. After the outcome of Odysseus being rewarded the coveted armor for conquering Troy, as many of its prisoners stated that he was in rightful ownership for his respecting characteristics, in relation to Ajax, consequently, the son of Telamon was left in anger and resentment for his unrecognized efforts. Athena states, “he was aggrieved about the armor of Achilles”, therefore, this goddess of war and wisdom overthrew a madness, reckoning the mind of…

The epigraph by Seneca, which means which refers to Dupin’s amazing analytical abilities. Both the Minister and Dupin have equally matched minds, that combine skills of mathematician and poet. At the end, Dupin is the one who wins because of his moral strength: The Minister is a man without principles, as he did not put second thought into trying to blackmail the lady, who is, presumably, the Queen, so that he can rise in position and status. Minister D.’ s ability to outwit the police in his…