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Agamemnon - History for Kids! This is the first of a cycle of three plays written by the Greek playwright Aeschylus. When the play begins, King Agamemnon is still away at the Trojan War. But Clytemnestra is very angry at Agamemnon for killing their daughter Iphigeneia, and she has been letting a cousin of Agamemnon's named Aegisthus rule the kingdom while he was away, instead of keeping it safe for her husband. www.historyforkids.org /learn/greeks/literature/agamemnon.htm   (352 words)

Medieval Knights, Medieval life, Medieval weaponry, Middle ages, Medieval games. Those in Agamemnon who are well disciplined and trained to a high level still have to juggle the weapon-smith's desires with their own need for medieval weapons of a high calibre and their public image of respect. Agamemnon is young yet though and we hope to see it steer very close to this target in the up and coming years. Agamemnon places firm roots in the belief that success and failure mean so much more to an individual when they are caused by the actions of that individual. www.agamemnon-rpg.com /introduction.html   (4076 words)

Ethics of Greek Theatre by Sanderson Beck In the second play and third plays which are lost, the maidens are forced to marry their Egyptian cousins, but they swear to kill their husbands on the wedding night. Another pessimistic play of Aeschylus is the archetypal Prometheus Bound in which the Titan god is chained to the rocks on a desolate mountain by order of Zeus, the new king of the gods, for having given fire to humanity. Agamemnon, the first play, is set in Argos, where the news of the fall of Troy is received from a chain of bonfires, and Clytemnestra is soon told that her husband Agamemnon, the great chief of the Achaean war effort, has arrived. www.san.beck.org /EC20-GreekTheatre.html   (20292 words)

Amazon.com: Agamemnon: A Play by Aeschylus--Translated from the Greek into English with Introduction, Notes, and ... The play is the first drama of the Orestia trilogy, the only extant trilogy to survive from that period; of course, since Aeschylus was the only one of the three great tragic poets whose trilogies told basically a story in three-parts. When Agamemnon returns with his concubine Cassandra, daughter of Troy's King Priam, the insane prophetess symbolizes all sorts of reasons for Cassandra to renew her desire for vengeance. Consequently, the Athenian audience not only knows that Agamemnon is going to be murdered, they know that once he goes into the "palace" he is not coming out alive and at some point a tableau of his murder will be wheeled out of the skene. www.amazon.com /Agamemnon-Aeschylus-Translated-English-Introduction-Synopsis/dp/0963888641   (1178 words)

Agamemnon Agamemnon is a tragedy that was first performed in Athens, Greece, in 458 B.C., along with two other plays: The Libation Bearers (also called Choephori, Choëphoroe, and Choephoroi in English transliterations from Greek) and The Eumenides. The climax of the play is the murder of Agamemnon and Cassandra. The purple carpet therefore appears to symbolize (1) the pride, or hubris, that afflicts Agamemnon as conqueror of Troy and King of Argos; (2) the wrath of Clytemnestra; and (3) the bloody death that awaits Agamemnon. www.cummingsstudyguides.net /Guides4/Agamemnon.html   (4697 words)

Agamemnon information - Search.com Agamemnon's father Atreus was murdered by Aegisthus, who took possession of the throne of Mycenae and ruled jointly with his father Thyestes. Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Greeks during the Trojan War. Agamemnon is also said to have been the ancient ancestor or relative of the noble family the Atreides of the classic science fiction series Dune by Frank Herbert (Note that the surname, Atreides is derived from Agamemnon's father's name, Atreus). www.search.com /reference/Agamemnon   (1180 words)

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Agamemnon   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Agamemnon's father Atreus was murdered by Aegisthus, who took possession of the throne of Mycenae and ruled jointly with his father Thyestes. Agamemnon was used as the name of the Earth Alliance Omega class destroyer, first captained by John Sheridan in Babylon 5, by J M Straczynski. Agamemnon is also said to have been the ancient ancestor or relative of the noble family the Atreides of the classic science fiction series Dune by Frank Herbert (Note that the surname, Atreides is derived from Agamemnon's father's name, Atreus). www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Agamemnon   (4169 words)

Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Aeschylus - Aeschylus: Agamemnon at Epinions.com Agamemnon is the first in a trilogy of short plays known as The Orestia written by the Greek playwright Aeschylus (525 B.C.-456 B.C.) two years before his death. Agamemnon opens with a night watchman who feels something is not quite right in Argos, yet cannot put his finger on what it is. Later on a herald recounts the journey home from Troy and hopes that the future will be smoother than the previous ten years. Aeschylus does not depict Agamemnon to be the imposing general that led an army against Troy, but rather a wishy-washy figurehead who could be persuaded to sacrifice his daughter, or to defy the gods by walking on silk carpets. www.epinions.com /content_317090729604   (1069 words)

Agamemnon Before Agamemnon's fleet left for Troy, however, the winds suddenly stopped and the ships would not move from Aulis, a port in Boeotia; Agamemnon had offended the goddess Artemis by slaying a hind sacred to her and boasting himself a better hunter. Agamemnon took the maiden Briseis as his own and Achilles was angry--their anger forms one of the major plot points of the Iliad. Agamemnon is esp famous for carrying a "rod of rule" which is not just a normal kings sceptre, but is a specially crafted rod designed to bring heavenly power to its carrier so much so that even Achilles, the most noted warrior of this time was afraid of Agamemnon. www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Agamemnon.html   (1000 words)

Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae and hero of the Trojan war Agamemnon was the King of Mycenae and leader of the Greek forces at Troy. Agamemnon is mostly mentioned in Aeschylus’ play, "Agamemnon" and in Homer’s epos, the "Iliad". Agamemnon finally gave in and Iphigenia was brought to Aulis in order to be sacrificed; in the end, however, Artemis decided to save Iphigenia and carried her away, putting a deer in her place. www.greek-gods.info /greek-heroes/agamemnon   (217 words)

Welcome to Seoul Arts Center Agamemnon is the story of a victorious king's homecoming and his subsequent murder by his wife and her lover. In Agamemnon, the chorus of Elders quarrels with the queen's lover, and in The Eumenides, a chorus of Furies pursue the grief-stricken Orestes. As the play begins, the titan is being fastened against his will to a peak in the Caucasian mountains for giving mankind the gift of fire without the consent of the gods. www.sac.or.kr /eng/bannerPage.jsp?htmlURL=/eng/lab2005/agamemnon/info.html   (1111 words)

The Classics Pages - Aeschylus' Agamemnon: Themes and Plot Agamemnon's feelings are perverted from the norm, as are those of all the characters in the trilogy (esp Atreus, Thyestes, Clytemnestra, Orestes). Agamemnon reveals his weakness, but she isn't persuading him to do anything he doesn't want to do. She also sees Agamemnon's murder - worst crime of all is to kill the kyrios (like Oedipus) - but chorus just can't grasp that a woman can kill a king. www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~loxias/agamemnon.htm   (949 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: ) So while plays are a form of entertainment, the function of \softline a tragic play like }{\plain \fs24 \i Agamemnon}{\plain \fs24, as an aesthetic experience, is to provide a substitute for sacrifice \softline to ultimately unify the community (the audience). The community in the play is represented by the \softline Chorus elders, and throughout the play, it is them that the poet seems to be concerned about. The audience \softline needs to see others suffer in their lives to contain the violence; such play as Agamemnon is a \softline substituted form of sacrifice that is not just for entertainment purposes only, but it is also creates \softline a sense of audience unification. students.washington.edu /allenlau/spring2004/hum_paper_FINAL.doc   (1216 words)

aeschylus But, before we broach the idea of staging in a Greek play like Aeschylus' Agamemnon, it is important to consider the mechanics of physical space in the Greek theatre, and to give an outline of the relevant elements in staging, as it is found to permeate the texts in hints and stage directions. Plays which survive from Greek tragedy are complex in their ideas, in their language and their plot, -such was the expectation of the first Athenians who witnessed them. Aeschylus in his play Agamemnon manipulates this limitation creatively by using it to suggest a spiritual or psychological boundary existing both within and outside of the Atreidai Palace doors, -a visual translation of the doors into the skene area of the stage. www.angelfire.com /poetry/emerhiggins/aeschylus.html   (2014 words)

Home Page A later addition to the play relates, through a messenger, how Artemis places a dying deer on the alter in place of Iphigenia, who is carried away by the gods. The plays fall into two clearly marked categories—tragedies in the modern sense, and plays which may be variously called tragi-comedies, fl comedies, romantic dramas, melodramas, or even high comedies. The first half of the play illuminates a set of incidents from one point of view, the second from a different point of view; and the audience is asked to judge between the two. library.ups.edu /gateway/theatre/iphigenia   (914 words)

Agamemnon, an introduction to the play by Aeschylus In the second play of the series, the Choëphori, we are made spectators to the vengeance of Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, with the slaying of the assassins; and in the third piece, the Eumenides, we see the atonement made by Orestes for his matricide. Although the Attic dramatist could people his play with as many characters as he chose, he was allowed only three actors; and he had so to construct his plot that no more than three persons should appear at once. Agamemnon - A synopsis and analysis of the play. www.theatredatabase.com /ancient/aeschylus_002.html   (462 words)

On Aeschylus' Oresteia   (Site not responding. Last check: ) One way of approaching this play, in fact, is to see it primarily as an exploration of the adequacy of the revenge ethic as a proper basis for justice in the community and the movement towards a more civilized, effective, and rational way of judging crimes in the polis. Agamemnon interprets his treatment of Troy as revenge for the crime of Paris and Helen; Clytaemnestra interprets her killing of Agamemnon as revenge for the sacrifice of Iphigeneia; Aegisthus interprets his role in the killing of Agamemnon as revenge for the treatment of his half-brothers by Agamemnon's father, Atreus. In Aeschylus's first play, by contrast, the problems of a city divided against itself by the inadequacy of the revenge ethic become the major focus of the second and third plays, which seek to find a way through the impasse. www.mala.bc.ca /~johnstoi/introser/aeschylus.htm   (5529 words)

GradeSaver: Agamemnon Essay: Analysis of Tragedy in Agamemnon Because of the historical and political context of the play, Agamemnon's decision to sacrifice his daughter could be deemed as a logical decision, especially since the sacrifice was for the sack of Troy and the victory of the Greek army. Now, Agamemnon's responsibility for the bloodshed of his daughter for the sake of ambition is another ill-fated curse that has come upon his household for which the consequence will be his own death. In a sense, Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter is somewhat justified in that if he did not obey the command of the goddess, Artemis, it would have led to utter destruction of his army and of the honor code he must follow in order to be a noble ruler. www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/agamemnon/essay1.html   (1428 words)

Sample Student Notes, CLAS 226, U. of Saskatchewan The play, however, is still plagued by the sense of darkness despite the signal lights of hope. This highlights the feeling in the play of the looming fate that is certain to be exacted, but the consequences of which are still unclear. Agamemnon is similarly distressed when debating the sacrifice of his daughter which also illustrates the dominant concern of the threat of divine justice (Agamemnon 205-207). homepage.usask.ca /~jrp638/Exams/rodier.html   (919 words)

Iphigenia at Aulis - Euripides Under the pretext that she is to be married to Achilles, Agamemnon has written to his wife Clytemnestra requesting that she bring the girl to Aulis, where the fleet is stranded and the army is restless. He is played with a stiffness and sincerity necessary under the circumstances, but which somehow seems comic (or at least tongue-in-cheek) in a way which threatens to unseat the delicate balance of the play on the whole. Agamemnon in particular is central to this theme, alternating between decency and callousness depending on the situation. www.culturevulture.net /Theater/IphigeniaatAulis.htm   (1006 words)

SparkNotes: The Libation Bearers: Character List Since her father Agamemnon's death, she has been treated like a slave in the palace, and tells Orestes also that Clytamnestra is about to marry her off in order to break her bond with the house. From the beginning of the play, when it tells Electra how and for what she should pray to the gods and her father's ghost, the chorus shows itself to be willing to intervene in the action in order to bring about the desired results. He is a central figure in the play due to the fact that all of the acts of vengeance committed in the play stem directly from his sacrificial murder of his daughter, Iphigineia. www.sparknotes.com /drama/libationbearers/characters.html   (1357 words)

The Carnegie Pulse: Art & Culture > A Trilogy Not To Be Missed   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Agamemnon is the story of title character, Agamemnon, King of Argos (played by Jordan Dean), returning from the ten-year siege against Troy to his home in Greece. In the last scene of the play, Klytemnestra comes out to defend her reasoning to murder her husband as a way to end the curse on the house, which began with Agamemnon's father Atreus killing Aegisthus' siblings and feeding them to Aegisthus' unwitting father, Thyestes. The play is a spectacular show of raw primal passion from beginning to end, due to the set location and inventive costume designs. www.tcpulse.com /2007/04/27/ac/oresteia   (1023 words)

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GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Agamemnon Study Guide - Character List   (Site not responding. Last check: ) In the context of the play, Agamemnon might perhaps be considered over-masculine. We discover that, ten years prior to the action of the play, Iphigeneia, her only daughter, was sacrificed by Agamemnon in order to ensure fair winds for the sail to Troy. Cassandra: The daughter of Priam and slave of Agamemnon, Cassandra is the famous unheeded prophetess. www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/agamemnon/charlist.html   (985 words)

Surplus Matter | Tom McCarthy, author of Remainder » Blog Archive » Agamemnon… A play in two acts by ... Agamemnon’s fall must follow the same stage right to stage left trajectory as his walk, so that he falls through and from the frame towards the bathtub, coming to rest face down with his feet pointing back towards the doorway and his hands towards the bathtub. In this case, the actor playing Agamemnon must ensure that his movements are identical both times he performs Act One. For this version of Agamemnon, the camera must be placed among the audience seating exactly in line with the doorway, as stated. surplusmatter.com /?p=7   (443 words)

Agamemnon Study Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: ) THE STORY OF Agamemnon is the first of three plays which display the unending and terrible consequences of a private blood feud which continues from one generation to the next until it is finally stopped by instituting a public legal process to replace private revenge. Agamemnon surrenders to his wife and, walking on the blood-red tapestry, enters the palace, shortly to die. The terrible irony of this play is that Oedipus himself turns out to be the source of pollution, the cause of the plague, the murderer of his father and the husband of his mother. novaonline.nv.cc.va.us /eli/eng251/agamemguide.html   (5343 words)

Compare Prices and Read Reviews on A. Bowen - Aeschylus: Choephori at Epinions.com The second play of Aeschylus’ Orestian trilogy, The Libation Bearers (also known as Choephori) continues the theme of the first play, Agamemnon; namely, what is the fine line between justice and revenge. It is unusual for a Greek chorus to take such an active part in a play; normally they are meant to provide a commentary on the events of the play or to express the moral of the play. Though she prays for her mother’s death, she is unable to play an active role in it. www.epinions.com /content_319658299012   (1134 words)

Agamemnon - Cornell Daily Sun Review Risley Theater's adaptation of Agamemnon is a noteworthy one... Goyel has little acting experience, but was inspired to direct by her admiration for the play's script. Goyel believes that like a Shakespeare play, if one had not read "Agamemnon" prior to viewing the play, it would be hard to understand. ayelle.net /plays/agamemnon/review.html   (557 words)

Agamemnon — Infoplease.com Agamemnon married Clytemnestra, and their children were Iphigenia, Electra, and Orestes. Agamemnon was forced to yield the girl to Achilles after the latter withdrew, with his troops, from the war. Agamemnon - Agamemnon Agamem′non King of Argos, in Greece, and commander-in-chief of the allied Greeks... www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0802697.html   (274 words)

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