CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Matricide, Aegisthus, Exemplum
26 Jan 2017
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Aeschylus" oresteia: the libation bearers and the furies. Quiz on wednesday: material from last quiz to wednesday"s readings. Orestes" prayer to zeus and connection to apollo. Cilissa, the nurse and the chorus" involvement in the plot of his mother fake drama over orestes" death; a show, does not want to know the details about it. Stasimon; a greek tragedy song sung by the chorus. Will she recognize him or will he be able to keep his act up in front. One who fed him, and looked after him as a child; maternal. Creating a divide between mother and son by showing how much. Alters course of event, sings hymns to zeus. Tries to persuade him not to kill her, the breast who fed him. He falters just a bit, turns to his friend. Breaks silence and with those three lines he ends of a mother this slave is to orestes than mother.
