HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Clytemnestra, Aeschylus, Aegisthus
9 Nov 2018
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Agamemnon by aeschylus: tragedy performed on 458 bc. Answers: i believe that agamemnon"s death at the hands of clytemnestra was in fact just for many reasons, this is because agamemnon sacrificed his and clytemnestra"s daughter, iphigenia to convince the goddess artemis to send him good winds. This is evident in the text on lines. 223-226: he endured then to sacrifice his daughter to stay the strength of war waged for a woman, first offering for the ships" sake. , another reason for why agamemnon"s murder is just is because of his infidelity. After winning the trojan war, agamemnon rolls up in his chariot with a trojan princess, This is evident in the text on lines 950-955: take this stranger girl within now and be kind. The conqueror who uses softly his power, is watched from far in the kind eyes of god, and this slave"s yoke is one no man will wear from choice.
