11.But for folks like Agamemnon, Clytemnestra and Achilles, a pessimistic, philosophizing chorus is one of those heavy burdens that ill-fated ancient Greeks, or at least the thespians who play them, have to live with. 12.The play, staged this month and next in Berlin’s historic Volksbuehne...
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and Orestes. To win favorable winds for the ships sailing against Troy, he sacrificed Iphigenia to Artemis and thus incurred the hatred of Clytemnestra. After arriving at Troy, he quarreled bitterly with Achilles over possession of the captive princess Briseis. Agamemnon was forced to yield the gi...
Penelope is depicted as fickle and indecisive. For instance, we are told, "Spurn them she does not, though she hates marriage/nor can she bring herself to choose among them" (Homer 286-7). By not choosing, she leaves the state of Ithaka in a precarious predicament. She continually resist...
It is night. On the roof of the palace can be discerned a WATCHMAN.)WATCHMAN I pray the gods to quit me of my toils, To close the watch I keep, this livelong year;For as a watch-dog lying, not at rest, Propped on one arm, upon the palace-roof Of Atreus' race, too long,...
It is night. On the roof of the palace can be discerned a WATCHMAN.)WATCHMAN I pray the gods to quit me of my toils, To close the watch I keep, this livelong year;For as a watch-dog lying, not at rest, Propped on one arm, upon the palace-roof Of Atreus' race, too long, ...
TheElectraquotes below are all either spoken by Agamemnon or refer to Agamemnon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ).
Agamemnon, in Greek legend, king of Mycenae or Argos. When the Trojan prince Paris carried off Helen, wife of his brother Menelaus, Agamemnon called for revenge and led the Greek forces to victory during the Trojan War. On his return home he was murdered
The death of Clytemnestra's daughter is the first justification; Agamemnon's walking on crimson robes, conventionally reserved for the gods, is the final one. The play draws to an end with Clytemnestra and Aegisthus excusing their plot against Agamemnon....
We still have a file of angry telegrams he received from average Americans who felt he was “helping communism”. In fact, he thought he was doing quite the reverse. One of the signboards he carried while demonstrating for civil rights read “RACISM HERE HELPS COMMUNISM EVERYWHERE!” ...