HUMA 1825 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Atreus, Ambivalence, Oresteia
31 Mar 2017
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What happens when you put things too far (ideas of vengeance) Characters are set in argos , defeated troy. How did war start (zeus olympian, killed his father, overthrew father and titans) Zeus throws party and invited everyone except eris. Athene, artemis and hera want zeus to choose between them. Paris couldn"t decide so they start to bribe him (way of making human choose) Helen is married to menelaus (brother of agamemnon. Paris is from troy , helen is from argos (he chooses her) Paris goes and gets her to run away with him (shoots her with arrow from aphrodite) Becomes disgrace to argos ; which makes zeus angry (he is god of hospitality) Paris violates good will be being with queen. Zeus is angry at paris, which causes him to send 2 kings to avenge his honor" (fury!) On their way to troy they see 2 eagles ripping apart a hare.
