MKT 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Pylades, Oresteia, Aegisthus

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Marketing
• Course: MKT 100
• Professor: Caitlin Mc Laughlin

Document Summary

Agamemnon was approached by menelaus, his brother, king of sparta. Prince of that city in asia minor for abducting menelaus" lover and taking her back to the city of war. Paris, a man that had the audacity to take helen from a foreign land that welcomed him to the dinner table with open arms. His actions not only brought shame to menelaus, but, also to. He successfully brought down the walls of troy in what was known as the trojan war. When the palace gates open, the citizens of argon witness the queen, clytaemestra standing above agamemnon"s corpse expressing the look of enlightenment and relief. When she speaks of her brutal act against her late husband agamemnon, she states that anything she said about her love towards her husband is not valid, and was said to help her achieve her vengeance.