AGAMEMNON

Question 1

Oresteia

Answer 1

• aeschylus’s trilogy

Question 2

Battles of Marathon & Salamis

Answer 2

• major battle where GREEKS DEFEAT PERSIANS
• ATHENS = TOP CULTURE
• Aeschylus fought it & wanted to be remenbered for it

Question 3

Dike

Answer 3

• greek word Justice

- everyone thinks they’re enacting it ; they’re motives for commiting violence are clear

Question 4

Ate

Answer 4

• greek word for “madness”

- state of MENTAL BLINDNESS which makes you commit hubris.

Question 5

The Furies

Answer 5

• also called ERINYES
• female gorgon-like character who are older than time
• makes chorus tremble with fear

Question 6

All greek plays have a set form in their _______?

Answer 6

STRUCTURE

Question 7

PROLOGUE

Answer 7

(1) opening; introduces story

Question 8

PARADOS

Answer 8

(2nd section)&raquo_space;> entrance of chorus

Question 9

EPISODE

Answer 9

series of scenes with ACTORS enacting the story

Question 10

STASIMON

Answer 10

usually preceeds every episode; chorus comment on the events (choral ode)

Question 11

EXODUS

when does it occur in Agamemnon?

Answer 11

Exit of chorus with an choral ode

• does not happin in agamemnon

Question 12

What is the structure of an Oresteia?

Answer 12

structured in 3 parts :

1. EXPOSITION = introducing problem
2. DEVELOP problem = ending in intensified crisis,
3. RESOLVE = happy ending

Question 13

Phtonos

Answer 13

?? Google says = “spirit of envy and jealousy”

Question 14

Niobe

Answer 14

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Question 15

The Libation Bearers

Answer 15

the second play in the oresteia

- follows Orestes and Electra’s murder of their mother, Clytemnestra

Question 16

Apollo

Answer 16

• known as god of healing; son of Zeus; belongs in the sky; part of the new gods
• he defends Orestes against The Furies / Erinyes

Question 17

How is Aeschylus received as a writer?

his vision of this play & Aristophanes ode

Answer 17

greatly!!

• visually pleasing&raquo_space;> praised for carpet scene, that symbolic exodus
• he is honoured in Frogs by Aristophanes as the writer to increase Athens moral while it is in a devasting state

(These are my words)!!!

Question 18

Athena

Answer 18

• godess of athens

- tie breaker in Orestes trial in 3rd play (The Eumenides)

Question 19

The Euminides

Answer 19

• means “blessed ones”
• 3rd play in Oresteia
• Orestes is trialed by the Erinyes

Question 20

The Erinyes

Answer 20

• means “angry ones” ; = the Furies
• associated with femaleness; old gods
• they are titles Eumenides at the end of this play by Athena

Question 21

Areopagus

Answer 21

the greeks proudly create a group to resolve these conflicts rationally instead of murderously/ with vegeance (my words)

Question 22

What is the “greatest tension in Pagan world”?

Answer 22

Apollo vs Erinyes

• Old vs New…… gods
• Matriarchy vs Patriachy (female vs male)
• Earth vs Sky
• Darkness vs Light
• Blood ties vs Associational ties