Agamemnon is the first part of the trilogy Oresteia. It was written by Aeschylus who is often called "Father of Tragedy" in literature. Aeschylus is one of the greatest Greek writers in history. ... The Greek god fulfills her prayer and Agamemnon's life is taken. ... With Agamemnon, death is what comes to play. ...
Other than Sophocles, before him, were Aeschylus and Euripides. ... Aeschylus composed his first tragedy at the age of twenty six years old (Bates). ... When Aeschylus began play writing, it was a fairly new idea. ... Among them is most famous work, Agamemnon. Aeschylus's plays held a recurring set of traits. ...
In Aeschylus's Agamemnon, the title character is a returning king who behaves arrogantly and thoughtlessly. ... Agamemnon is a great warrior, but not a great family man. ... The black Furies stalking the man fortunate beyond all right wrench back again the set of his life and drop him to darkness" (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 461-466). ... Agamemnon then shows off his "booty" from the war, Cassandra. ... All this behavior shows Agamemnon in an unfavorable light. ...
The character of Clytemnestra in Aeschylus" Agamemnon is very masculine and is shown posses some male traits. ... Another female figure in Greek tragedy that dominates is Clytemnestra, in Aeschylus, Agamemnon. ... While Agamemnon has been away Clytemnestra has been acting in a masculine way during his absents. ... In the beginning of the Trojan War, Agamemnon sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia to please the gods. ... However in the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, women seem to play a more dominate role. ...
There were three massive playwrights that survived, Aeschylus (525-456BC), Sophocles (ca. 495-406BC), and Euripides (ca. 485-406BC). One of Aeschylus' works was, The Oresteia (485BC.), which was a trilogy. The three plays were Agamemnon, The Choephori, and The Eumenides. ...
