CLASSIC 36B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Atreus, Melanau People, Trojan War
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Hes been order to wait to see a light that will tell him that troy has fallen, which indicates return of agamemnon. Her name is not mentioned, he mentions her as a women"s man- counseling, e-er hope of heart . When a woman is being described as acting like a man, that"s a danger sign. She"s acting outside of her gender roles, shes not suppose to be ordering like this. After seeing the beacon light, he has to tell clymenestra that agamemnon is coming, but again he mentions her name weird. To agamemnon"s wife this can be because he fears something coming because he cant articulate her name. He wishes that agamemnon comes back safely. He knows that aegistus an clymenestra are ha-ing an affair. Tell us that agamenon ha-e been away fighting trojans. The brothers melanus and agamenon are compared to -ultures who ha-e been robbed by their young.
