POLI 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Polymestor, Odysseus, Euripides
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Power: having the skill and knowledge to do a task. Hecuba: queen of troy, mother of polydorus, polyxena, and cassandra, main character of the play who is tormented and seeks revenge. Polymestor: king of thrace who agrees to take polydorus and look after him. Polyxena: daughter of hecuba that is sacrificed by the greeks to the ghost of achilles. Cassandra: daughter of hecuba that is taken as a concubine by agamemnon and is prophesized to die at the hands of his wife. Agamemnon: greek king that invaded troy, he took cassandra as a concubine and agreed to let hecuba plot her revenge on polymestor. Nature vs. nurture raises the question, are you who you are because of genes or because of who raised you and who taught you? . Natural universe => ethical in nature, will support human stability. Pattern of individual attitudes and orientations about politics among the members of a political system.
