HUMA 1825 Lecture : Lecture #2.docx
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Classical athens some unimportant dates and names: 480 bc 2nd persian attack (salamis: aeschylus (525 456, sophlecus (496 406 bc) At the end athena made the rule of law: force (bia, persuasion (peitho) clytemnestra uses persuasion negatively while athena uses persuasion at the end of the play for good. The trojan: helen went off to troy, menelaus and agamemnon tried to get her but they couldn"t stir the ship in the right direction because the gods were angry at them. Agamemnon lied to his wife by telling her that. Iphigenia was going to marry a god however, she ended up dying. Clytemnestra was very upset at agamemnon for killing their daughter and she ended up killing agamemnon. Apollo legally says i told him to his father"s killer. Line 212 orestes killed kin when the mother did not, therefor, orestes murder was worst. Scene 2 they go to the sanctuary of athena in athens.