HUMA 1825 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thyestes, Atreus, Aeschylus
10 Feb 2021
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Questions: aeschylus: oresteia i ( agamemnon and the libation bearers ) Atreus had two sons, menelaus who was known as the ruler of sparta, and his brother. Both brothers of argos were married to the two daughters of tyndareus, their names were clytemnestra and helen. Before helen had settled down with manelaus, many men were in line to marry her and start a new life. The many men in line waiting to marry. Helen included prince paris, also known as the son priam who was also known as the king of. Troy. prince paris fancied helen enormously, thus he went straight to sparta himself to ask for her hand in marriage. However, prince paris decided to kidnap helen, in order to get her out of menelaus"s sight and took her back to troy so menelaus could not find her. Menelaus could not find her, he turned to his brother for help to find his lady.
