Clytemnestra: Not Another Homeric Savage

Greek interpretation of what "civilizes" people and what "barbarous" is the theme of repetition of dramas including ancient epics, war stories, and Aeschylus's Agamemnon. In the first part of The Oresteia, Elder Argive's choir has expressed a strong resentment to the murder of Agamemnon. Blood and madness The spots of your eyes are clearly visible "(1426 - 1427).

Analysis of the character of Agamemnon from Homer's Iliad and Agesemnon of Aeschylus Agamemnon is the son of the brothers of Mycenae's king, Atrusus and Queen Arrop, Menelaus and Klein Ernst. Pull the husband. Agamemnon and Clytemnestra have four children: one son, Orestes and three daughters, Iphigenia, Electra and Chrysothemis. He is the king of Mycenae. When Menelaus' wife Helen was kidnapped by Troipari, Agamemnon became the Greek commander in the subsequent Trojan war. The role of Agamemnon tells him and his figure. In this epic, Achilles must deal with the conflict between his free will and his fate. When Achilles for the first time killed Agamemnon and decided whether to insult him or not, he encountered his ongoing confrontation in the first volume (84). Athena arrived soon and suggested that Achilles has options as he said "From the sky, I will check your anger as long as you get down" (84)

After Homer, the Trojan horse war and the attitude of the Greeks to that hero have changed. Homer's hero's unique behavior and violence like Achilles and Odysseus have been unacceptable in the fifth century of Athens' civilization. Violent violence of a heroic age woman like Clytemnestra, which is a Homer problem has become even more unacceptable. But that story is still very popular. Some of the dramas that survived the fifth century in Athens were based on the material of the Trojan horse war. They include: rich and diverse Greek legends about Trojan cycle heroes and heroes; different stories about the same event or personality may even contradict each other, especially with regard to detail. For example, in the legendary version of Iphigenia, Artemis will allow the Greek fleet to sail to Troy, as she was sacrificed by her father Agamemnon at Aulis. This sacrifice was used as a motive for Clytemnestra to kill her husband with Agamemnon.