CLASS 40 Chapter WEEK 1 - 5:
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The watchmen is waiting for the signal that tells him troy is taken. When he sees the light, he tells the wife of agamemnon. The choir explains how agamemnon, his brother menelaus, the king of sparta gathered a huge fleet and army to recapture helen, menelaus" wife, who was stolen by paris, a. The greeks and trojans spent ten years wearing themselves out in battle. They then were required to offer sacrifices to all the gods and celebrate. On the way to troy, the greek was trapped in aulis by unfavorable winds, and how agamemnon learned that the winds were sent by artemis, the goddess of the hunt. To appease her, agamemnon was forced to sacrifice his daughter, iphigenia. Clytemnestra explains that troy has fallen to the greeks and offering needs to be made to the gods so that they would make a safe journey home.
