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Agamemnon

Agamemnon. The House of Atreus The Story in The Odyssey Agamemnon. 1st Generation Names Pelops Hippodameia Oinomaos Myrtilos: Oinomaos’ charioteer Events The Race. 2nd Generation Names Atreus Aërope Thyestes Events The Seduction The Ram The Feast. The House of Atreus.

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Agamemnon

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  1. Agamemnon The House of Atreus The Story in The Odyssey Agamemnon

  2. 1st Generation Names Pelops Hippodameia Oinomaos Myrtilos: Oinomaos’ charioteer Events The Race 2nd Generation Names Atreus Aërope Thyestes Events The Seduction The Ram The Feast The House of Atreus

  3. Agamemnon Menelaos Clytemnestra Orestes Electra Iphigeneia Ægisthos Important Events preceding Agamemnon The Feast of Thyestes The Blood Curse The Sacrifice of Iphigeneia at Aulis The Trojan War The House of Atreus 3rd Generation

  4. The Story of Agamemnon in The Odyssey • Odyssey 1: Zeus Speaks • (Fagles 1.37-56) • Odyssey 4: Menelaos’ Tale • (Fagles 4.573-604) • Odyssey 11: Agamemnon in Hades 1 • (Fagles 11.437-518) • Odyssey 24: Agamemnon in Hades 2 • (Fagles 24.210-223)

  5. Important Differences • Ægisthos and 20 hired men kill Agamemnon • The murder occurs in Ægisthos’ house • The lookout was Ægisthos’ man • No mention of: • Clytemnestra’s motives (i.e. Iphigeneia) • Clytemnestra raising her own hand against Agamemnon • Orestes killing his own mother in revenge

  6. The Oresteia • Agamemnon: Agamemnon’s return and his murder by Clytemnestra • The Libation Bearers: Orestes’ return years later and his murder of his mother, Clytemnestra, in revenge for his father’s death • The Eumenides: The divine pursuit of Orestes for murdering his mother, Apollo’s defense of Orestes, Athena’s final judgement of Orestes at Athens.

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