Iphigenia

My client Orestes, son of the late king Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, is on trial for the murder of his mother. Athenians of the jury, you have heard testimony today that has painted my client as a ruthless murderer who has sunk so low as to have killed his own family. I implore to look past the duplicitous rhetoric of the prosecution and understand that this is not an issue of murder, but rather justice. Orestes may have very well killed his mother, but we must stop and think about why a son, who…

Sofia Petros-Gouin Period 7 Gender Identities Across Literary Movements Mrs. Martling Medea and Clytemnestra Comparison Paper Due Monday October 13, 2014 Women have historically been characterized by society in accordance with their emotional reactions; Clytemnestra and Medea, of Aeschylus' Agamemnon and Euripides' Medea respectively, are no exception to this trend. Ancient Greek societal norms understood it was plain that in the face of challenges, men react with logic and reason while…

set sail to Troy. Each ship held between 300-400 people. In quest of Troy, Artemis, who was a great goddess, halted the wind and demanded that Agamemnon sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia. This predicament raised the question, “which is more of a priority, war or family?” Tragically, Agamemnon chose war and sacrificed Iphigenia. “He ordered his men to lift her like a goat, face downward, above…

Throughout the Odyssey the fates of Odysseus, Penelope and Telemachus has similarities and differences to Agamemnon, Clytemnestra and Orestes. Even though their story is different the idea behind them is similar. Both families goes through obstacles in their life but outcome of these events differs because of their personalities. Odysseus and Agamemnon; they have a lot of features in common. Both are kings, both are fighters for their people in Trojan Wars, and both have son and wives waiting…

War. His wife, Clytemnestra, rules in his absence and is the protagonist of the play. Clytemnestra murders Agamemnon in revenge for the death of their daughter, Iphigenia. Her plan to murder her husband for the death of their daughter was well thought out and needed to be rational in order for her plan to work. Agamemnon sacrificed Iphigenia because he felt that a sacrifice would help call Artemis because Artemis blocked the Greek army from setting sail until a sacrifice was made to repay for…

Hamlet and Agamemnon are both tragic plays, which are intensely emotional and focus on the horror of murder and violent death. Both tragedies are comprised with the themes of love, loss, pride, and the abuse of power. The protagonists, Agamemnon and Hamlet individually commit an appalling crime without comprehending how imprudent and conceited they had acted. In both tragedies, the protagonist’s demise derives from their personal decisions. Consequently, both tragedies evoke pity and fear in the…

Tragic heroes show many similar attributes. These heroes have been found to create their own downfall. In the two plays Medea and Agamemnon, the readers are introduced to Medea and Clytemnestra. These women have a resembling story. Their husbands, Jason and Agamemnon, betrayed Medea and Clytemnestra by committing adultery. Clytemnestra and Medea did not take this unfaithfulness very well. Both women acted out of hurt when they exacted revenge against their adulterous husbands, by using their…

Sophia Vietti Ms. Hickey, Latin 4-20-18 2nd Hour, Latin II The oresteia and the Athenian legal system The Oresteia, an Ancient Greek manuscript, is a follow up of the book “The Iphigenia” and follows his wife, Queen Clytemnestra’s, murder of Agamemnon after the Trojan war. The story of the Oresteia is a long Greek play made to explain the new Athenian legal system supposedly made by the goddess Athena in the third act of the play. The main idea of the Oresteia is that injustice and…

Orestes would more than likely refuse his father’s request to avenge his death. For if Orestes knew about the death of his sister Iphigenia, his opinions and feelings toward his father would be altered indefinitely. Before Agamemnon actually goes through with it he contemplates, “ A bitter thing surely not to hearken, and bitter too to slay my own child, my royal jewel with unclean hands…”…

The curse of Atreus is said to be passed down through generation originating with Tantalus, king of Lydia. Tantalus was a hubris king who wished to test the god’s all-knowing ability. In order to test this ability, Tantalus killed his son Pelops serving him to the gods as dinner. The gods knew of this occurrence and were outraged by this test. They restored Pelops life and sentenced Tantalus to the underworld to be tortured for eternity. After Pelops was resurrected he married and had many…