CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Satyr Play, Iphigenia, Tetralogy
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3 tragedies plus satyr play (lighthearted) in each festival trilogies, tetralogies-aeschylus, orestia. Sphinx- oedipus solving riddle of the sphinx (satyr play) Iphigeneia at aulis : chapter in saga of agamemnon-- sacrifice of his own daughter. Almaeon at corinth unknown satyr play (euripides is the norm-- 3 separate tragedies, plus satyr play) (aeschylus had unified, thematic tril/tetralogies) Tantalus tested the onmiscience of the gods by serving up his son pelops to see if they"d notice-- punishment: eternal hunger and thirst, always. Thyestes and atreus fight for throne formal curse on children of atreus. The sins in of the previous generations played out in generation of aegisthus. Clymenestra seen as a bad wife-- unfaithful, sets up lover as new king. Alienated by sacrifice of her daughter, prepares false welcome tries to get him to convict himself of crimes worthy of her punishment ex: has him walk on purple robe (hubris) symbolically seals his fate (libation bearers)
