Comparing Agamemnon's Quarrel, Oath, And Promise

Agamemnon is a character who does not show any good virtue but he shows evil virtue. He is very selfish, hot tempered and prideful and is consumed by his own feelings and isn’t the best leader to lead an army he is not very virtuous. Agamemnon at the end of the book changes a little bit but is still very much the same. Another character who does not show any virtue is Paris.

(A Discussion on Scenes of Violence in the Iliad and Their Effect on the Text as a Whole)

In this paper I will attempt to compare and contrast book 9 and book 24 of Homer’s Iliad,

Like the other two texts, the play of Agamemnon includes a character who was of higher standing and inherently good fortune but faces a plot reversal, which leads to suffering and death.

The Iliad is a poem of war. The entire narrative takes place at or near a battlefield with men who had been fighting a seemingly never ending war for over nine years, and portrays many many battles great and small. At the

Now joined together (amorously) by a common hatred for Agamemnon, Clytemnestra (Agamemnon’s wife) and Aegisthus plot and execute the death of Agamemnon. As John H. Finley, Jr. has rightly put it, “Both Agamemnon and Aegisthus perpetuate their father’s infections” – Agamemnon by the slaughter of innocents and Aegisthus by the adultery with Clytemnestra (Pindar 258). The Libation Bearers speaks of the remaining children of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, Orestes and Electra, who (with some urging from Apollo) avenge the death of their father by killing both Aegisthus and their own mother. The Furies, enraged by Orestes’ violation of the filial bond, pursue his punishment. The Eumenides covers the taming of the Furies, the reconciliation of the dominant opposing forces in the trilogy, the establishment of Athena’s court of law, and, as J. J. Pollitt argues, “brings us out of the earlier dark irrationality into what seems an enlightened world of order and reason” (30).

During their reading of the Iliad and the Aeneid, scores of readers only see the two great poets commenting on the nature of war and destruction. What countless do not see, however, are there passionate outcries on behalf of the tragic heroes and humanity itself. The author of the Iliad, Homer, has been theorized by some to be a collection of writers working in collaboration. Nevertheless, this author had an immeasurable effect on ancient Greek culture. The Aeneid was written by Virgil, who was born in 70 BCE and had two other works in addition to his epic masterpiece. Through their use of tragic heroes in The Iliad and The Aeneid, Virgil and Homer comment on humanity’s flaws, the oftentimes seemingly hopeless future and the courage

When Agamemnon is away at war, Clytemnestra takes over and is in charge. Everyone tends to show her respect and she gains great power. When Agamemnon kills their daughter, Iphigenia, Clytemnestra seeks revenge and kills both Agamemnon and his lover, Cassandra, with an axe. Agamemnon was seen as king, someone who was very strong and victorious. When Clytemnestra takes over and kills him, it leaves everyone to wonder where such a powerful woman should be placed in society.

The work shaped Greek culture for years, and references to the story were found on vases and murals all over Greece. It also gives us insight to the political climate of the time, Agamemnon unites scattered Greeks and rallies them to war against Troy, which suggests political unity. However the troubles he faces while doing this and the lack of willingness to fight on several Greek parts exemplifies that there might not have been one controlling centralized government at the time. The overall story gives us insight to their religious beliefs and practices; worshipping their gods, temples, prophets, as well as insights to the technology they had and war tactics they

In the scope of this paper two works of art would be compared and contrasted - David’s Oath of the Horatii and Painting of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride by Van Eyck.

The Iliad is a book full of poems that talk about the history of Trojans and Greeks. Within the Iliad, there is a strong urge to show a world in which was are tremendous and the gods have direct hand in human events and these deities influence fate. The two leading gods, Achillies and Aeneas, the reader can see the ways in which these two cultural problems entwine and try to create an image of the ancient world which is at once barbarously real in terms of the depiction of not just the glory, but also the horrors of war which are filled with supernatural and mystical figures called the gods.

Agamemnon is the first book in the Orestiean Trilogy written by the famous Greek tragedy writer, Aeschylus. Agamemnon is a story of justice and revenge. The story takes place in a city called Argos. It starts with Agamemnon, the king of Argos, away at the Trojan War. The city is eagerly awaiting the news of their king’s welfare and the outcome of the war. Watchmen are posted in the city, watching for the beacon that would report the capture of Troy and Agamemnon’s return. Beacons are set up from Troy to Argos; when one beacon is lit, the next one will be lit, until the last. The play starts when a palace watchman discovers the beacon and tells Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra, the good news.

This short essay will identify five traditional epic characteristics that are evident in both the Iliad and the Odyssey.

In the opening stages of the Agamemnon the chorus describes Agamemnon as a great and courageous warrior, one who

He’s a good fighter one of the best among the Achaean army and also a leader of the army. Agamemnon uses pride to riled up the warriors before going