CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Clytemnestra, Aegisthus, Unification Church
17 Mar 2016
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The sacriice of iphigenia at the presence of the seer calchas on a pompeian fresco. Calchas told him only is he sacriiced his daughter could it be possible. Told the girl that she would marry achilles and then she was sacriiced. 10 years ater fall of troy, agamemnon return to father who is mycenaean king. He is going back and bringing back cassandra qas concubine. He ofered her ability to foresee the future. Because she refused apollo he cursed her, so whoever she told her prophecies to, no one would believe her. Libaion cup showing apollo and cassandra (or a muse)on its lid. She is a trojan so she is a prisoner. When he comes home, clytemnestra is upset (agamemnon killed her favourite daughter) When she pretends to welcome agamemnon, and when he is in the bath, she puts a net on him. Clytemnestra called cassandra a whore, an adulterer, but was also a cheater and then kills him.
