CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Euripides, Aeschylus, Golden Fleece
3 Apr 2016
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The mask of agamemnon which was discovered by heinrich schliemann in 1876 at mycenae, now believed to pre-date the legendary trojan. Intro: the curse of the house of atreus. Atreus was the father of agamemnon: pelopiad (pelops, tantalus (pelops" father): cursed for various crimes against the gods. Pelopiad made up word (story about pelops) king of elis. Tantalus earliest king igure in the family. Pelopanesus (island of pelops) was named ater him. Worshipped zeus and pelops at the olympian games. Tantalus was cursed and punished in the underworld. He was a irst gen hero that interacted with the god. Heard the secrets of the gods while he was eaing with them. Another version took the food and drinks of the gods and gave it to the mortals. Tantalus hosted dinner for the gods gave them meat (was his son pelops that he supposedly killed)
