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Flashcards by slatter.e07, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by slatter.e07
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Prologue - (The watchman) - Sees the Greeks have taken Troy. exit |
| Parados - (The chorus of Argive elders) - Summarizes the war to get back Helen, Agamemnon's sister-in-law. - They are suspicious of what Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra is up to. - They describe the injustice done to Clytemnestra by her husband. | |
| First episode - (Chorus Leader and Clytemnestra ) - The chorus learns from the queen that the Greeks are back - they don't believe her until she explains the beacon relay - chorus gets set to offer prayers and thanksgiving. | |
| First Stasimon - (The chorus) - Says that Zeus is god of xenia and disapproves of breaking the bonds, as Paris did. - families suffer at war to avenge Paris' theft - Too much glory brings an inevitable fall. | |
| Second Episode - (Chorus and the Herald) -The Herald asks the gods to welcome back those who have survived the war - The chorus says it has been anxious for the return. - (Clytemnestra enters) - She says she already knew it was time to rejoice - message be brought to her husband that she has remained faithful and loyal - (Clytemnestra exits.) -The herald doesn't no any better than to believe Clytemnestra. - The chorus wants to know whether Menelaus suffered any mishaps, which he and other Achaeans have - the herald says it's a day for rejoicing. | |
| Second Stasimon -(The chorus) -The chorus takes Helen to task. - blames an evil/proud family for producing future generations of ill-doers. - (Agamemnon and Cassandra enter.) -The chorus greets their king | |
| Third Episode -(Chorus and Agamemnon, with Cassandra) - The king greets the city and says he will now go to his wife -(Clytemnestra enters.) - Clytemnestra explains how awful it is to be the wife of a man at war. - asks maids to pave his way with royal cloth - Agamemnon doesn't want to make a feminine entrance or one more suited to the gods. - Clytemnestra persuades him -He asks her to receive the war prize that is Cassandra with kindness. - Clytemnestra then asks Zeus to work his will. -(Clytemnestra and Agamemnon exit.) | |
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Third Stasimon - (The chorus, with Cassandra) - The chorus senses doom. Fate doesn't forget blood guilt. |
| Fourth Episode -(The Chorus, with Cassandra) - (Clytemnestra enters.) - Clytemnestra tells (silent) Cassandra to go inside. The Chorus tells her to do so, too. | |
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Kommos - (Cassandra and Chorus) -Cassandra is distraught and invokes the god Apollo. The chorus doesn't understand, so Cassandra tells the future, or the present - that Clytemnestra is slaying her husband, and the past, that the house has a lot of blood guilt. - She tells of how apollo gave her the gift of prophesy but then cursed her. - She knows she will be killed, but still enters the house. |
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Fourth Stasimon -(The Chorus) - The chorus describes the multi-generational blood-guilt of the House of Atreus -hears shrieking from within the palace. |
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Fifth Episode - (The Chorus) -Agamemnon is heard to cry out that he has been struck a mortal blow - Cries out again about a second. - The Chorus discusses what to do. - (Clytemnestra enters.) - She says she lied for good reason before. - She is proud that she killed Agamemnon. - The Chorus wonders if she has become maddened by some type of potion - says she'll be exiled. - she says they should have exiled him when he sacrificed his own child - She says Aegisthus is beside her and that they slew Cassandra, Agamemnon's concubine. |
| . | Exodos - (The Chorus and Clytemnestra) - They take to task the two women who have caused such turmoil, Clytemnestra, for killing the king, and her sister Helen. - Clytemnestra reminds them it wasn't Helen who killed the warriors. - The Chorus warns that there will be further evil. - (Aegisthus enters.) - Aegisthus explains his part of the vengeance cycle, Atrius had served Aegisthus' father his sons as a feast. - These were Aegisthus' brothers. Aegisthus says he can die now that he has obtained revenge. - The Chorus says they will stone him, ignoring the presence of his retainers - Aegisthus says he will use the late king's gold to control the people of Argos. - Clytemnestra tells them to cool down. - The Chorus and Aegisthus do so, but continue to taunt each other, the Chorus saying that, Fates willing, Orestes will return home soon. |
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