Orestes

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…

Constructing deep themes through the unionization several highly polar concepts, Aeschylus portrays the mythical border between piety and anthropocentrism while elucidating the dim line between blood and water. Most religious or spiritual people share a universal belief in a relationship - or a covenant - between humanity and the divine, yet they struggle to understand the barrier between the two. Structural analysis of Aeschylus’ Oresteia Trilogy illuminates the distinctions between humans and…

Comprising the first two thirds of The Oresteia, “Agamemnon” and “Choephoroe” tell of the vengeful efforts of Clytemnestra and her son Orestes, respectively. This is especially tragic because they are each taking vengeance upon a family member to avenge another family member. More importantly, each of their acts of murder do not go unpunished. The prevailing theme that can be interpreted in “Agamemnon” and “Choephoroe” is the idea that blood vengeance does not atone past offenses, but rather…

relationship between Orestes and Apollo as well as Athena contains all aspects of a perfect relationship. Apollo tells Orestes “ I will not forsake you, I will protect you until the end, I will stand by your side even when I am far, far away” (The Furies 120, 64-65). He establishes a close bond with Orestes and vows to protect him. He withholds his claim and gets Athena on the same side as Orestes saving him from the trial and wrath of the Furies. The relationship between the two gods and…

obscure and turning attention elsewhere, Apollo reveals that even he may not know what he is saying and was using technicalities in place of sound judgement in order to win the trial in favor of Orestes. (evidence) After briefly attempting to explain the reasoning that led to his argument in favor of Orestes, Apollo immediately defers to Athena by stating, "And therefore, Pallas, since in all things I / Shall strive to make thy land and thy people great, / I sent this man to be thy suppliant, /…

the justice of revenge, the law that demands blood for blood, whereas Orestes and Apollo represent the new democratic law and are depicted as being on the side of the light, the civilised and the ‘just’. However, the competition between these ideals is not as simple as a battle of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ – Aeschylus represents two very different kinds of justice at play. In Agamamnon, Clytemnestra betrays her husband and…

overlooked. The play Electra written by Sophocles took place in the city Argos, Greece. It was here that the prince Orestes and princess Electra’s mother…

to murder only questions the nature of justice and vengeance. Agamemnon murders his daughter to gain victory over troy. Later in the story Agamemnon wife, seeks revenge against Agamemnon for murdering her daughter, Iphigenia. Later in the play the Orestes, murders his mother to avenge his father’s death. Throughout the storyline we witness a never-ending cycle of murder, which was the only option the family chooses to avenge a family members death. Shows the city does not have an organized…

Choephoroe Clytemnestra the mother of Orestes killed her husband Agamemnon with help of her paramour Aegisthus. She saw the ghost of her husband, and that was an ominous in the Greek traditions. Her son Orestes then had a plan, in which he called his mother as a foreign from Daulis sent by Strophius in a disguise to Argos, to tell her that Orestes had died in a chariot’s accident, on the event she persistently has sent her lover Aegisthus for information about Orestes. Orestes had caught him…

The outcome of this trial characterized the city of Athens to be unreasonable. Orestes, who murdered his own mother was proven not guilty. The votes were equal for both sides, resulting in Athena having the vote that would be the final verdict. In Apollo’s defense for reasoning as to why Orestes killing his mother was acceptable was “The mother of what is called her child is not the parent, but the nurse of the newly-sown embryo. The one who mounts is the parent, whereas she, as a stranger for a…