According to Homer the Greeks were greatly benefited when Athena came down from the heavens and stopped Achilles of Phthia from killing Agamemnon. ... Athena new if Achilles had killed Agamemnon that would certainly mean defeat for the Greeks. ... She considered the crimes of Clytemnestra (killing her husband, Agamemnon) more punishable than Orestes crime (Parada-2). Aeschylus seems to sum it up in Athena's speech to the court in The Oresteia. ... Bibliography Works Cited Aeschylus. ...

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Aeschylus aptly personifies the basis of this societal value with the words of Athena: ?... Likewise, the immortality of Aeschylus? ... In Agamemnon, the first play, Clytemnestra kills the King brutally, heartlessly, inspired by her angry, vengeful nature, her lust for power, and, quite probably, the hellish Furies. ... In addition, Aeschylus moves the setting of the play during its progression from a distant polis to his audience's very own city. ...

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