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THE LAST BATH OF AGAMEMNON SSCI E-100b January 30th, 2010

THE LAST BATH OF AGAMEMNON SSCI E-100b January 30th, 2010. -- Harvard Extension School - . Context for today’s discussion. Agamemnon is the King of Mycea (ancient Greece) Sacrifices daughter Iphigeneia as offering to Gods – “win against Troy”

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THE LAST BATH OF AGAMEMNON SSCI E-100b January 30th, 2010

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  1. THE LAST BATH OF AGAMEMNONSSCI E-100bJanuary 30th, 2010 -- Harvard Extension School -

  2. Context for today’s discussion • Agamemnon is the King of Mycea (ancient Greece) • Sacrifices daughter Iphigeneia as offering to Gods – “win against Troy” • Successful war against Troy and journey home takes ~10 years • Leads Greeks against Troy in the “Illiad” (Homer) • Journey’s home in the “Odessey” (Homer) • Arrives home in the “Orestia” (Ashcelyes) • Agamemnon is murdered by his wife, and her lover, in his own home • Orestes murders his mother, Clytemnestra, and her lover for murdering Agamemnon • Orestes has a breakdown, visits the underworld, and is ultimately healed

  3. Agamemnon’s GenaeologyWho’s Who In the Orestia

  4. Questions for discussion today Introduction • Agamemnon is the King of Mycea (ancient Greece) • Sacrifices daughter Iphigeneia as offering to Gods – “win against Troy” • Successful war against Troy and journey home takes ~10 years • Leads Greeks against Troy in the “Illiad” (Homer) • Journey’s home in the “Odessey” (Homer) • Arrives home in the “Orestia” (Ashcelyes) • Agamemnon is murdered by his wife, and her lover, in his own home • Orestes murders his mother, Clytemnestra, and her lover for murdering Agamemnon • Orestes has a breakdown, visits the underworld, and is ultimately healed • Why did Clytemnestra murder Agamemnon? • Why was Agamemnon murdered on his first night home? • Why did Orestes murder his mother? • If Iphigeneia was a “seer…” • Why did she let Agamemnon sacrifice her to the Gods? • Why did she let Clytemnestra murder Agamemnon? • Why did she let Orestes, her brother, murder Clytemnestra, her mother? Primary focus today Questions 1 2 3 3 4

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