CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Aegisthus, Nostoi, Social Network
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Representation of the things you have authority over (time) We read this later on in the term. Return to myceneae with cassandra (princess of troy) Finds out his wife clyternestra with aegisthus. Agamemnon sacrificed their daughter to calm the storm. Agamemnon fed his brothers to their dad. Clyternestra pretends shes happy hes home, she takes red robe and spreads on the ground for him to talk on. He hesitates first because it might be a trap, he does not want to walk on the sacred robe (stepping on the gods), its purple (color of royalty) He forgot to make a sacrifice to the gods for good weather. Sea god, explains to them which gods to sacrifice to and what to do. They do it, storm stops, they go home. He did it in the temple of athena. Asks the god of the sea for help. Lifted up from whirlwind and stabbed with a flash of fire.
