WebbAeschylus. Often described as the father of tragedy by both Ancient Greek authors and modern scholars, Aeschylus is the earliest playwright whose works have survived to this day and age. Born into a well-to-do family at Eleusis in 525/4 BC, he debuted on the stage in the twenty-sixth year of his life, but achieved his first victory only fifteen ... WebbBut, apart from the diction in this narrower sense, there is a quality of atmosphere surrounding the Agamemnon which seems almost to defy reproduction in another setting, because it depends in large measure on the position of the play in the historical development of Greek literature.

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WebbHence Queen Clytemnestra’s blood thirst for her husband’s death upon his return from Troy, to avenge her murdered child. And that revenge is what the play Agamemnon is about. But within the story’s complexities of curses, revenge, child murder, war, and grief, I’d like to hone in on…hubris. Hubris in Agamemnon WebbAeschylus, Agamemnon GUARD The gods relieve my watch: that's all I ask. Year-long I've haunched here on this palace roof, year-long been the all-fours watch-dog of the Atreids, learning by rote the slow dance of the stars, spectator of the brilliance in black skies that brings to men their winters and their suns: kristi henderson missouri city texas

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WebbThe first play in Aeschylus' trilogy, Orestia, and arguably the most famous of the three.Agamemnon is a domestic tragedy, telling the story of the murder of Agamemnon, … WebbOriginally performed 458 B.C.E in Athens, ‘Agamemnon’ is the first in a trilogy of Greek tragedies by the playwright, Aeschylus. The play centres on the events that took place after the Trojan War, focusing on Clytaemnestra’s scheme to avenge her daughter Iphigenia’s death after she was sacrificed to the God’s by Agamemnon. WebbIn Greek mythology, Agamemnon ( / æɡəˈmɛmnɒn /; Greek: Ἀγαμέμνων Agamémnōn) was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Greeks during the Trojan War. He was the son (or grandson) of King Atreus and Queen … kristi hanson waverly