The character of Clytemnestra in Aeschylus" Agamemnon is very masculine and is shown posses some male traits. ... Medea is shown to be tough, and is warrior like in her speeches to the chorus. ... 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. ...

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The "Supppliants" was his first work, but his most famous works that managed to survive of the over ninety plays were The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, The Orchestra, Agamemnon, and The Prometheus (Smith). Among them is most famous work, Agamemnon. ... Sophocles made the number of actors and chorus larger. ...

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During the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the ancient Greeks were hard at work, making long-lasting contributions to art, poetry, drama, sports, mathematics, science and philosophy. The Hellenic period, also called the "classical period, lasted from 1200 B.C. to 334 B.C. and were the years noted ...

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He introduced a second actor where only one and a chorus had been used previously, making possible the conflict of wills and ideas that is so essential to dramatic development. ... The suppliants is his earliest known play, while the Oresteia trilogy (Agamemnon, Choefori and Eumenides) is regarded as his most important work.Other plays that have survived are The seven against Thebes, Prometheus bound and The Persians. ...

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