Clytemnestra

Later, Orestes returns home and finds his sister, Electra pouring ritual libations at their father’s grave. He vows revenge when he discovers his mother killed his father. Orestes fulfills his duty and murders his mom, Clytemnestra. The furies of the underworld are then awoken, and Orestes is taken to trial in Athens with Apollo as a defense counsel and Athena for his judge. In the end, there is a tie on the votes and Orestes is declared not guilty for killing his mother…

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In the history of Agamemnon, he has gained power by invading each city in Greece, with the exception of Troy. Agamemnon had also gained power by becoming king. To become king, he murdered Clytemnestra’s husband, King Tantalus, and then married Clytemnestra. Agamemnon is unemotional and arrogant in the sacrifices he has made and towards the people is…

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horsemen, however Castor was most noted with this quality. Pollux, in addition to being a great horsemen, was a known as a renowned fighter and boxer. In addition to each other, they had siblings: Helen of Troy, who was the war fought over, and Clytemnestra, who was involved in the electra complex. The parent(s) is Leda and Tyndareus, who were the king and queen of Sparta Castor and Pollux, also called Dioscuri which mean Sons of Zeus, were twin brothers of the mother Leda of Sparta, while the…

Briseas so that he may have “another prize ready” (page 110). To Agamemnon and his men women are seen as prizes of war that they have fought so valiantly to be awarded. Although Agamemnon has several women on the island of Lesbos and even a wife, Clytemnestra; he feels he deserves a prize like every other man so he must take…

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