advocating violence. In The Iliad‚ violence seems to be a necessary factor for the purpose of the tale: to describe the brutal battle that was the Trojan War. However‚ violence was still seen as controversial. For example‚ in Book I‚ line 187‚ King Agamemnon says to the war hero Achilles‚ “You actually like fighting and war…”‚ showing that violence and war are not common place pleasures. Thomas Palaima‚ a professor of classical studies at the University of Austin-Texas‚ performed a study and found
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Hesiod D) Agamemnon Points Earned:4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s):B 7. This is a Greek double-reed musical instrument that is similar to the modern oboe. A) cithara B) aulos C) paean D) Correct Answer(s):B 8. He is the hero of the Odyssey‚ Homer’s epic account of the hero’s return home from the Trojan War. A) Hector B) Achilles C) Odysseus D) Pria Correct Answer(s):C 9. In the Greek’s war with Troy‚ he was the Greek’s greatest warrior whose argument with Agamemnon is the
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usually have something to do with the bible or mythical people and events. In the poem‚ there is one really important allusion. The allusion is located in the third stanza when the poet writes‚ “The broken wall‚ the burning roof and the tower / And Agamemnon dead” (Yeats II. 10-11). This passage shows how these actions that the Swan is performing with Leda lead to the fall of Troy. Together‚ the Swan‚ who is actually Zeus‚ and Leda have a baby. The child’s name is Helen. Helen is also known as Helen
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on the faces of each character in this painting drew me in even more. I wanted to know more: Why? Who? What was about to happen? At first glance‚ it seemed as though the woman in the background‚ Clytemnestra the mother‚ is being disturbed. King Agamemnon‚ the man portrayed in the foreground‚ appears to be directing the soldier‚ Achilles‚ as he is about to strike. After reading the history behind the painting‚ I better understand the expressions shown and see how they enhance the story that David
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Fiorelis Guillen Lit 230‚ Section 6‚13 Professor Majeske November 14‚ 2013 Clytemnestra notices Orestes In 458 BC‚ Agamemnon was murdered by his own wife‚ Clytemnestra. Orestes‚ the son of Agamemnon‚ has come back home from exile to avenge Agamemnon’s death with his friend Pylades. Orestes cuts two locks of hair as an offering to a river in Argos‚ and also to the spirit of his father. After making these offerings‚ Orestes sees his sister Electra coming up to their fathers tomb‚ with the
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Atreus. It all began with the king‚ “Agamemnon” killing his own fleshing blood‚ Iphigenia. Because Agamemnon killed Iphigenia‚ Clytemnestra who was the mother of Iphigenia and the wife of Agamemnon grew quite heated and at the moment wanted to take her husband’s life. In addition to that‚ Agamemnon cheated on Clytemnestra by bringing Cassandra‚ the princess of Troy when he made his triumphant return from the Trojan War. However‚ this wasn’t a happy return for Agamemnon but rather a dejected one because
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Clytaemnestra to kill Agamemnon and Apollo commands Orestes to kill Clytaemnestra‚ his mother. In the other hand‚ the gods give Turnus and Aeneas the choice to kill or not to kill. The other aspect is‚ Virgil’s deaths and violent acts are between family‚ while Aeschylus’ acts of violence are between strangers. Aeschylus justifies Clytaemnestra’s when she kills Agamemnon because he sacrificed their daughter to the god Artemis. She says‚ “My child is gone. That is my self-defense” (Agamemnon 876). She
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of Atreus and Aerope‚ brother of Agamemnon‚ king of Mycenae and‚ according to the Iliad‚ leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the War. Prominent in both the Iliad and Odyssey‚ Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy; the latter more as a hero of the Trojan War than as a member of the doomed House of Atreus. Menelaus fought bravely at Troy‚ although he did not occupy as important a position as his brother Agamemnon‚ who was the commander-in-chief of
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Examples: – Agamemnon feels dishonored by having to give up Chryseis‚ and he takes Briseis from Achilles to restore his honor. Achilles‚ in turn‚ feels his honor has been compromised by the loss of Briseis. – Hector ignores Andromache’s pleas to stop fighting because he believes he must defend the honor of Troy and thereby defend his honor as a warrior. Create a three-column chart: Character Agamemnon Achilles Hector Example of Honor or Dishonor Explanation Andromache Agamemnon • Example:
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It seems as though‚ as soon as the gods introduce and permit a certain illegal action‚ the actors dutifully carry out the crimes‚ which often include very personal domestic violence‚ in the name of the “greater good.” For Agamemnon‚ it is almost understandable – I could see how he‚ as a ruler‚ may need to prioritize the survival of his empire over his daughter and make the utilitarian choice for the “greater good.” But does he consider his wife‚ the mother of his child? He
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