When Odysseus blinded Poseidon’s son‚ Poseidon wanted revenge on Odysseus. When Odysseus finally reached home‚ he and Telemachus made a plan to exact revenge on the suitors. And when the suitors’ families found out about the killings at the palace‚ they were full of vengeance and wanted to kill Odysseus. Obviously‚ vengeance is a huge part of The Odyssey. Many times in The Odyssey‚ Poseidon wanted revenge on Odysseus. For example‚ the first time Poseidon had a problem with Odysseus was after their
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The Theme of Family in the Oresteia and the Medea Understanding Greek tragedy depends upon tracing the growth of characters and themes within the plays and how they help to highlight the greater significance of the work. A prominent theme discussed by the tragedians is that of family and is dominant in both the Oresteia and the Medea. The Oresteia centers on concepts of what family is and how obligations within a family transcend personal desires and dictate the life of individuals. The Medea on
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throughout the play there was going to be no stop violence because of the past. No matter how much blood was use to paid there’s still going to be violence going on would never be paid in full. Learned later in the reading that Agamemnon‚ Clytemnestra and Orestes all had faced choices that not one knew what direction to go to solve them. Most of the conflict that was held was between the old goods and new goods and neither behalf having a clear cut right and wrong. Agamemnon was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae
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In The Libation Bearers‚ Orestes and Electra seek vengeance for the death of their father and hatch a plot to now kill Clytemnestra‚ their mother. They call upon Apollo for help‚ and he gives Orestes divine permission to kill Clytemnestra in revenge. The chorus sings‚ "To have good success – / this is god among men‚ and more‚ even‚ than god / Justice weighs down
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39). This led to Orestes‚ son of Agamemnon‚ to kill Aigisthos in honor of his father. Not only does Orestes kill Aigisthos‚ he even kill his mother for committing adultery and aiding in the death of his father. The gods believes Aigisthos death was justifiable because he was warned; yet he still committed those crimes. Shown in the first few lines of the poem‚ Orestes’ actions seems to be a justifiable precedent for Odysseus when he gets back to his household. Similar to Orestes‚ Odysseus is on a
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The Importance of Athena in Greek Mythology ii Outline Thesis: Athena is regarded as a powerful female figure within Greek mythology; however there are obvious contradictions between the perception of Athena and the reality of how the goddess is represented within Greek Literature and these contradictions need to be examined given Greek Literatures foundational role in molding our perceptions of a heroine. I. Description how women were viewed in Ancient Greece II. Common perception of
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Literary Analysis of the poem "Hymn to the Night"‚ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow‚ applying the "New Criticism" approach. Imagery: The imagery of the hymn is very rich and diverse. Longfellow uses a lot of personifications‚ similes‚ metaphors‚ and other literary figures to create the aesthetic atmosphere of the poem. Personification: The most widely used device of the poem is personification. The central image of the poem is the Night that is a personification of the beloved woman. Personification
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statistic that this one guy Orestes snuffed this other guy Aegisthus. Zeus‚ king of the gods and playa-extraordinaire‚ says that Aigsthos utterly merited it because he had a long affair with Agamemnon’s wife while he was away at Troy and then killed Agamemnon upon returning home. Turns out Aigsthos had been alerted by Hermes (the messenger of the gods) not to do this. In fact‚ Hermes pretty much explicitly said‚ "If you touch this guy’s wife and then kill him‚ then Orestes is going to pop a cap in
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In addition to Pisastratus‚ Agamemnon’s son‚ Orestes was influenced by his father. Aegisthus‚ greedy for the Mycenaean throne‚ ambushed Agamemnon at his arrival. This treachery spurred Orestes‚ to kill Aegisthus out of revenge. Although Agamemnon did not do any backstabbing himself‚ it could be said that Aegisthus replaced Agamemnon’s role as a father. Orestes could be taking after Aegisthus’s violent actions when he takes revenge for his father. Orestes also shows how sons were meant to be loyal and
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to the realm of the dead to speak with a prophet as he searches for a way home and Agamemnon is one of the many shades of the dead that he speaks with. The story is nearly identical to Nestor’s‚ however‚ instead of a parallel being drawn between Orestes and Telemachus‚ one is drawn between Odysseus’s wife Penelope and Agamemnon’s wife Clytemnestra. While Agamemnon claims that Clytemnestra has brought shame to all women and that women are untrustworthy‚ he claims that Penelope is an exception and
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