CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Clytemnestra, Chariot Racing, Myrtilus
26 Jan 2018
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House of atreus: another famous member of the family is agamemnon. The story of the house of atreus both before and after the trojan war was very rich, source of inspiration for dramatists. Many details come from plays like the ones of aeschylus (ca. 523-456 bce) particularly the oresteia trilogy (3 plays: agamemnon, the libation bearers and the eumenides). Most information from today"s lecture come from aeschylus even though other. Tantalus, son of zeus - hubris ( ) (cid:494)excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods(cid:495) Tantalus was punished for hubris by spending a live of eternity of thirst and hunger. Tantalus wants to trick the gods to see if he could deceive them or if they would see through his deception: he is a trickster. He invites the gods to a feast in order to see if they would find out what was really served to them.
