GTBOOKS 191 Study Guide - Final Guide: Clytemnestra, Thyestes, Laius
Document Summary
Took place in 2nd milennium to 5th century in athens: more dramaic performance and less oral tradiion. Performance involved myth episodes, costumes, only male actors. Heroic myths but the episodes are really short, feature great families and changing poliical structure and heroic law. Around this ime there were many dionysus fesivals: he is the god of vegetaion and celebraion and wine. At this ime a holiday meant mass entertainment and even slaves and women came: plays were writen and performed. Aeschylus was an athenian ciizen from the upper class, survived both tyranny and persian invasions. The oresia is really about the curse on the house of atreids. One theme is the claim to jusice: the queen is claiming jusice and kills agamemnon. Crime of excess: ag is the punisher because he killed innocent daughter so then he is also punished.
