Iphigenia

Samir Hamed Ms. Toney English I February 21, 2017 The Magic Of The Trojan War The Trojan War. The war lasted for 10 years and took place in Troy. Paris was the son of King Priam, the ruler of Troy. When Paris was a young boy there was a prophecy that he would cause the destruction of Try. He was sent to Mount Ida to be raised by a shepherd. Thetis was a beautiful water goddess. Zeus (Jupiter) fell in love with her. But it was prophesized that her son would be greater than his father. Zeus…

The main characters featured in the plays written by Euripides are mortals and gods which appear in multiple other plays, poems and works of fiction during that time. As such, some qualities of these characters were universal such as their lineage, the circumstances of their birth, and their progeny, though there were occasional disputes over even these details. However, due to the culture around which these stories revolve, and the propensities of the author Euripides it is only natural that…

punishes the King of Mycenae, Agamemnon. He killed a stag in the sacred grove of Artemis and as torture, she sent a plague and no wind to his city (Lincoln Library 110). To remove the curse, a soothsayer told the king to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia, to Artemis (Lincoln Library 110). The goddess ceased the punishment, in order to save the young girl she couldn’t bear to see killed. Artemis may have been unsympathetic to some mortals, but the majority of the time she was a lovely goddess…

Within unit 4 Aeschylus’ Agamemnon tells a tale about men and women. As mentioned before Agamemnon was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra. She declared that she killed her husband to avenge Iphigenia, who was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Agamemnon set out to kill his daughter as a sacrifice to allow his ships to sail through Troy. In this tale Agamemnon used his daughter, a woman as a sacrifice. After Agamemnon’s death it had become…

to the right of the scene is Electra and Cassandra. Agamennon’s death is due to his hubris, due to his unnecessary boasting of his hunting skills which had then offended the goddess of the hunt, Artemis; to which Agamennon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia which then resulted in his wife (and her lover) killing him in revenge. Hubris is quite the repeated motif in Greek mythology, a way to explore the folly of man and the consequences of such; such is with Agamennon and his overdone pride which…

“Long ago in a galaxy far, far away…” Perhaps the most recognized opening lines to any film. Star Wars, the famous modern epic, changed the way we created movies. With visual effects and a compelling plot far beyond its day, it pushed the film industry to become more innovative, resulting in the multimillion dollar blockbusters we are so accustomed to today. Where did it all begin? Was it the genius of George Lucas alone or did he receive some help along the way? The answer is a combination of…

and Aphrodite helped them. As the Greek fleet sail across the sea to their destination, the goddess of the environment, Artemis, is angry and prevents the winds from pushing their ship. To satisfy her, King Agamemnon, sacrifices his own daughter, Iphigenia, to continue the journey to Troy. The Trojan War lasted ten years, as both sides continue pushing against the other with all their might, never giving…

Throughout the trilogy of plays, The Oresteia, one of the most prevalent themes is the contrast between justice and vengeance. Within the trilogy, there are many instances of this concept being referenced, and one of the most interesting parts of the play is the moral grey areas that the characters lie within. Clytaemnestra is one of the most intriguing examples of this moral grey area. She ignites the action within the play by concocting and acting upon a plan to murder her husband and allow…

A common tragic hero is brought down because of their actions or a 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…

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.…