CLAS 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Aegisthus, Clytemnestra, Oresteia
2 Apr 2018
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Helen of sparta ends up as helen of troy. Prophecy: her child will be more powerful than the father . Zeus makes paris judge which goddess is the most beautiful. He chooses aphrodite - he gets to marry helen. Paris and helen - resolving one problem causes another. Iphigenia, daughter of agamemnon and clytemnestra, sacrificed at aulis. Agamemnon angers artemis, to get winds back she demands he sacrifice iphigenia. Homer"s iliad - the story of achilles"s rage. Focused on one small episode of achilles"s menis. Odysseus"s stratagem and the brutal end of the war. Odysseus"s return became the subject of the odyssey. Agamemnon, the high king of the achaean army, is murdered by aegisthus (his cousin) and clytemnestra (his wife) Agamemnon - agamemnon returns from troy and is killed. Libation bearers - orestes returns as an adult and avenges his father"s death by killing. Eumenides - orestes stands trial in athens for killing his mother.
