Agamemnon is the first play in the tragic trilogy, The Oresteia, written by the Ancient Greek playwrite Aeschylus. The trilogy concerns the transition from vengeance to a form of order and justice. Agamemnon returns home after the Trojan War to his wife, Clytemnestra, who is angry at Agamemnon for sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia. Clytemnestra kills her husband, declaring her sovereignty. Meanwhile Casandra, Agamemnon's kidnapped concubine who is waiting outside the palace, is possessed by Apollo, prophesies a bloodbath and enters the palace anyways, where Clytemnestra also kills her.
Agamemnon, The Choephori, and The Eumenides are a trio of plays about Agamemnon, King of Argos, and his descendants. In the first play Agamemnon is betrayed and murdered by his scheming wife, Clytemnestra, who resents his having sacrificed their daughter. In The Choephori he is avenged by his son, Orestes, who finally breaks the cycle of violence in the third play by submitting to Athenian ideals of law and justice.
Achilles anger started with his fight with Agamemnon Apollo put a plague on the Achaean soldiers that was killing them The only way to seize the plague from killing them all was to return the priests daughter who was captured The girl belonged to Agamemnon and he didnt want to return her unless he got the girl that Achilles had in return This would disgrace Achilles honor but he could not let any more of his people get killed so he reluctantly let the girl go But in return for giving up the gir
Does Achilles emerge as a sympathetic character Why or why not Achilles is a Greek warrior who fights in the Trojan War He is respected and revered as a hero among all of the Greek people and he is the most important character in the Iliad Achilles is an unbelievable warrior who doesnt get the thanks he deserves He also got his war prize taken away from him and still basically wins the war for the Greeks Finally Achilles has characteristics and traits that people can connect with and understand
Nature is an undeniable force that is uncertain and unjust This is shown in the poem Home Burial by Robert Frost with the lines Three foggy mornings and one rainy day Will rot the best birch fence a man can build 96 97 Frost is telling the reader that nature will destroy the greatest things man can create even something as great as life In The Iliad by Homer Achilles knows that if he fights he will die in battle Despite his given prophecy he decides to go Why Achilles search for immortality is
Rage The founding stone of The Iliad Rage is the emotion around which the story of Iliad revolves The story goes ahead because of rage to certain extent Honor was of utmost importance to the Greek people No man would give up his honor at any cost No gifts and prizes could be enough to compensate for lost honor and pride When a man who looses his honor or feels that he is disrespected he is filled full of rage And this is exactly what happened with the God like Achilles when Agamemnon dishonored
In the Odyssey much of the story features Pallas Athena the daughter of Zeus As the goddess appears throughout the poem many questions arise regarding her seemingly androgynous nature Such questions include whether or not Athena possesses a clearly defined gender and what her ideology on Greek propriety actually is Furthermore what role or relevance do these characteristics have within the plot This paper will discuss these questions through the following thesis Athena is the only figure in the
People look up to heroes and those heroes become role models Although many individuals hold myriad definitions with varying spectrums for traits that constitute a hero most if not all will fall within the polar extremes of the Greek figure heads Achilles the most formidable Greek warrior and Odysseus Greeces top strategist during the Trojan War While Achilles character is mostly consistent in his rage pride and near divinity Odysseus character remains more dynamic and mysterious Through the hig
Compare and Contrast The heros of the Poetic Epics of ancient times encompass in some cases for generations to come the particular societys ideals and morals From the vain to the valiant the epic hero was in constant contact with the gods of their world adding to their somewhat immortality strength of character and in some cases their arrogant nature Both Aeneas and Achilles are such heros in that they had the favor and the vengeance of the gods over their heads and through this essay I will co