Orestes

She abandons her legitimate children, Orestes and Electra. Her daughter Electra confronts her about how she saw her mother primping for another, before her sister Iphigenia was sacrificed and her father had left for Troy. Clytemnestra was committing adultery, before her husband, Agamemnon had…

Greek Mythology has a plethora of stories and poems about heroes, in all types of situations, to teach all sorts of lessons that are still well known today. Most people can recognize the name Hercules or Oedipus if asked and can remember at least the basics of their stories. However if asked, the average person would not be able to tell you what the most basic difference between such characters is, intrinsically. The difference between a tragic hero versus an epic hero is distinct but not a…

In the context of Greek mythology, humans have little to no control over their fates. That knowledge and controls lies with the gods. Often times the characters of myths go to the oracles looking for a bit of guidance only to be delivered a cryptic message about a big event relevant to their lives. For example, Oedipus in Oedipus Tyrannus sends Creon to the oracle to get answers about the plague that racks Thebes, he is told that he must find the old king Laius’ murderer, Creon says “Then hear…

The movie Agora depicts the escalating conflict between Christians and pagans in Roman Alexandria in the late fourth century under the emperor Theodosius I. Agora’s attempt to describe the dynamic of the conflict between Christianity and pagan Neoplatonism, especially the violence employed and shifting power, falls short of the true historical complexity by simplifying and distorting the historical narrative. Agora’s portrayal of the Christian faction known as the parabalani and their…

With her approval, Aegisthus kills Agamemnon and would have taken over his kingdom if not for Agamemnon’s son, Orestes. Orestes returns from exile and kills both Aegisthus and his mother to avenge his father. His act of bravery and courage to defend his father’s honor is continually praised by his peers and his father’s peers throughout the Odyssey. “Haven’t you heard what glory Prince Orestes won throughout the world when he killed…

over Iphigenia’s death an d in love with Aegisthus, whose is Agamemnon’s cousin and is also responsible for killing his father Atreus. She kills both Agamemnon and Cassandra. After learning of his father Agamemnon’s death from his sister Electra. Orestes kills Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. This is the moment that fate and free will come…

would play a soft note to remind him to bring it down a notch. He was elected to be quaestor for the consul Orestes in 126 B.C. in Sardinia. During a harsh winter the troops were in need of clothes and being told by the senate to provide it, Gaius asked the people themselves to provide it. The senate fearing it was a way for Gaius to gain the favor of the people, sent fresh troops but left Orestes in Sardinia hoping Gaius too would stay. However, he did not. They accused him of breaking the law…

What she fails to realize is that rather than putting an end to the cycle, she has become a part of it, as Orestes will return to Argos to avenge his father, foreshadowed by the Chorus at the end of the play. These are examples of a cross between utilitarian and retributivist justice (Walen, 2016), which recurs throughout the trilogy numerous times. This explains…

Heroines in a Patriarchal Society For many years, there has always been an equality gap between males and females. Males being the more revered and desired gender, while females were the more disregarded gender, as they were forced to the mundane house work. Researchers have studied and learned how family dynamics work throughout history, with their research including archaeology, documents, and literature. In the 5th century, this sense of patriarchal dominance was no different in…

agency incensed god or guest or taken with parent: / every receives the pain his pains exact" (E 269-70). Clytaemnestra doesn't invite the wrath of the Furies for killing Agamemnon, for" that murder wouldn't destroy one's flesh and blood" (E 210). Orestes, on the opposite hand, is unrelentingly pursued by these ancient deities, United Nations agency can stop only if he's created to pay "agony / for mother-killing agony" (E 266-67). so the previous order, tho' it perpetuated endless violence and…