POLI 1001 Lecture : January 27 Lecture
Document Summary
He wrote 90 plays, we have 7. She has the power to tell the future, but no one listens. Aeschylus (525-456 bce: believes in divine justice. Iii. develops use of costumes, adds a second speaking actor, and makes interesting use of the chorus and visual effect. He won 13 times at the play competition. He was an artist of grand spirit. Thyestes seduces atreus" wife because he is jealous. Atreus bans thyestes, then lures him back for a dinner where they feast on his (thyestes) children. Thyestes and his son aegisthus flee and curse the blood of atreus. Atreus" sons, agamemnon and menelaus inherit the throne and marry sisters. Paris seduces helena (reason for the trojan war) Agamemnon sets sail to avenge that insult, but he can"t go anywhere because there are no winds. He is told he must sacrifice his daughter, iphigenia, to appease the gods to get wind to set sail.
