Tragedy lives in the throes of consequence and fate, brought about through destructive recognition and the flawed Achilles’ heel that so often plagues classic heroes. An onslaught of tragic elements appear in both Hamlet and The Oresteia. Hamlet’s hamartia in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet leads to his succumbing to corruption and his eventual demise. In The ...
In classic Greek literature, the deities of the period were often represented in various different manners, from insignificant to much more substantial. Minor roles might simply have consisted of a character or chorus mentioning a particular god in speech, possibly by impulse, or insinuations throughout a play that the gods were actively involved in current ...
Aeschylus was a dramatist who lived in the ancient Greek city of Athens. He treats his native city with honor in a drama entitled “Eumenides.” “Eumenides” is a somewhat unusual tragedy. No one dies, and it has a happy ending. However, it is the third play of a trilogy in which there is plenty of ...
THE STORY SO FAR: Agamemnon was a Greek general during the Trojan War, who sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia in order to win the gods’ favor. Clytaemestra, who had been told that Iphigenia was to be married, took a lover in her grief and avenged her daughter’s murder by killing her husband. Orestes, with the involvement ...
Born in Alexandria, Egypt in A.D. 355, Hypatia was the first woman in the field of Mathematics with substantial contributions. Hypatia’s distinction was emphasized by the fact that she was both female and pagan in a flourishing Christian environment (Fideler). Hypatia did not want to be treated as a woman. She made this clear by ...
Book 3: Telemachus With Nestor New Major Characters Nestor: Friend and comrade to Odysseus who now tells Telemachus all he knows of his father’s survival. Menelaus: Brother of Agamemnon and commander of the return fleet from troy, Nestor sends Telemachus to speak with Menelaus. Orestes: A son who also lost his father and in turn ...
The Aeneid consists of twelve books. In the first book, Virgil tells us that Aeneas was leading a fleet of ships to Italy to found a new home for the Trojans after the fall of Troy. Juno hated the Trojans, so she persuaded Aeolus to release the winds entrusted to him. The Trojan ships were ...
