{"id":2175,"date":"2026-07-31T17:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/classics-courses-syllabi\/agamemnon-study-guide\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:16:21","slug":"agamemnon-study-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/classics-courses-syllabi\/agamemnon-study-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Aeschylus&#8217; Agamemnon Study Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2175\" class=\"elementor elementor-2175 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-brtk3gq elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"brtk3gq\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-x28gokx\" data-id=\"x28gokx\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n9ysrs8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n9ysrs8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. J&#8217;s\nAeschylus&#8217; Agamemnon Outline and Passages<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-rslcw6v elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"rslcw6v\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The summary below has\nbeen tailored to match the line numbers in Robert Fagles\u2019 translation of\nAeschylus\u2019 Oresteia. The line numbers are slightly different than in the\noriginal Greek text.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-nwwz4su elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"nwwz4su\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prologue\n1-43<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dtuhk8h elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dtuhk8h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sentry\nfinally sees signal fire signaling the end of the Trojan War<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9x1l3i1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9x1l3i1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Parados\n44-258<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-q2f7bt4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"q2f7bt4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chorus\n(old men of Argos) gives essential background about the cause and misery of the\nTrojan War, and reveals real fear about what Clytemnestra has in store for the\nreturning Agamemnon (specific reference to the sacrifice of Iphigenia).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4y2q3dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4y2q3dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Episode\nI 258-356<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-glfiu9j elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"glfiu9j\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dialogue\nbetween Chorus Leader and Clytemnestra: the chorus does not trust that\nClytemnestra has good information about a Greek victory.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aslw0tp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aslw0tp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stasimon\nI 356-492<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-lwr0vzf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"lwr0vzf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chorus\npraises the gods, discusses political unrest in Argos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7lfi5cy elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7lfi5cy\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Episode\nII 493-682<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dea8ztv elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dea8ztv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Herald reports to\nChorus that the Greeks have won. Herald praises the gods and speaks of the\nhorrors of war. Clytemnestra enters briefly to say &#8220;I told you so&#8221; to\nthe Chorus and to announce that she will welcome Agamemnon. Exit\u00a0\nClytemnestra.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2san197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2san197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stasimon\nII 683-794<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-km9u7nr elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"km9u7nr\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chorus\nconsiders the tragedy of the feud.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e487jw2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e487jw2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Episode\nIII 795-976<b><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1n17hkm elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1n17hkm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>\n<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cam8wdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cam8wdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><\/b>Agamemnon\naddresses the Chorus: he thanks the gods. Clytemnestra addresses the Chorus in\nAgamemnon&#8217;s presence: she speaks of the hardship she endured waiting for news of\nAgamemnon all these years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1vexix elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1vexix\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>She then addresses\nAgamemnon, giving a speech renowned for its double-edged meaning and lots of\nveiled references to the child he killed. She has her servants lay out red\ncarpets for Agamemnon, also with a double meaning. He orders Cassandra to be\ngiven hospitality. Clytemnestra and Agamemnon enter the palace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iy4e24a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iy4e24a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stasimon\nIII 977-1031<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gu7om09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"gu7om09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chorus\nreflects on an unnamed terror they feel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-yua2rnd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"yua2rnd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Episode\nIV 1032-1068<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-z2e2ynz elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"z2e2ynz\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Clytemnestra reappears\nand asks Cassandra inside. Cassandra does not move, and Clytemnestra, angry,\nstomps inside.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66hrel7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66hrel7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kommos\n1069-1354<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-njyhbz9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"njyhbz9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cassandra reveals to\nthe Chorus all that will happen inside the house, as well as knowledge of the\npast (Curse of the House of Atreus) and future (the vengeance of Orestes). A\npriestess of Apollo, she appears practically possessed as her speech goes on.\nThe Chorus cannot understand that she means that Clytemnestra, a woman, will be\nAgamemnon&#8217;s murderer. She enters the house to go to her doom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dqdxhlr elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dqdxhlr\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stasimon IV\n        1355-1368<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-gxs2wap elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"gxs2wap\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chorus expounds on the\nevils of power. They identify Agamemnon as the recipient of his father\u2019s curse\nand bemoan the cycle of vengeance that will cause his death too to be avenged.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6hrlqa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6hrlqa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Episode V\n        1369-1475<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94up8fs elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94up8fs\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Chorus running in\nall different directions represents the political unrest caused by these events.\nClytemnestra reveals the body of Agamemnon, recounts the murder and explains why\nshe had a right to kill him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ftk3pfn elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ftk3pfn\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Exodus\n        1476-1708<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ltjtugv elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ltjtugv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aegisthus gives his\nstory of vengeance, the child-feast that is part of the Curse of the House of\nAtreus. Clytemnestra stops the fight between the Chorus and Aegisthus and his\nmen, claiming that the cycle has come to an end. No more killing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cyjvzph elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cyjvzph\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1588-1594 the Chorus\nexplains the problem with the Mycenean system of justice. But the Chorus has\nalready suggested that Orestes should avenge the murder. The play ends with\nAegisthus and Clytemnestra as King and Queen of Mycenae.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-kyhhw32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"kyhhw32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Significant\nQuotations\/Passages The Agamemnon<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fv39a9r elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fv39a9r\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8216;Obey, obey, or a heavy\ndoom will crush me! &#8211; \/Oh but doom will crush me\/once I rend my child,\/the glory\nof my house &#8211; \/a father&#8217;s hands are stained,\/blood of a young girl streaks the\naltar.\/Pain both ways and what is worse?&#8217; The Chorus quoting Agamemnon, (Ag.\n206-212)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1mzk3oo elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1mzk3oo\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tell him that, and have\nhim come with speed,\/the people&#8217;s darling &#8211; how they long for him. And for his\nwife,\/may he return and find her true at hall,\/just as the day he left her,\nfaithful to the last. Clytemnestra (Ag. 599-604)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e414qt elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e414qt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let the red stream flow\nand bear him home\/to the home he never hoped to see &#8211; Justice,\/lead him in!\nLeave all the rest to me.\/The spirit within me never yields to sleep. We will\nset things right, with the god&#8217;s help.\/We will do whatever Fate requires.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-kq6uz00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"kq6uz00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Clytemnestra (Ag.\n901-907)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wa7pguv elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wa7pguv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No&#8230;the house that\nhates god,\/ an echoing womb of guilt, kinsmen\/torturing kinsmen,, severed\nheads,\/ slaughterhouse of heroes, soil streaming blood &#8211;\u00a0 Cassandra (Ag.\n1088-1091)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1izqksf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1izqksf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once I betrayed him I\ncould never be believed. Cassandra (Ag. 1218)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2bdly4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2bdly4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We will die,\/ but not\nwithout some honor from the gods.\/ There will come another to avenge us, born to\nkill his mother, born\/his father&#8217;s champion. A wanderer, a fugitive\/driven off\nhis native land, he will come home\/to cope the stones of hate that menace all he\nloves.\/ The gods have drawn a monumental oath: as his father lies\/upon the\nground he draws him home with power like a prayer. Cassandra (Ag. 1300-1308)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acbua6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acbua6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And now you sentence\nme? &#8211; \/you banish me from the city, curses breathing\/down my neck? But he &#8211;\n\/name one charge you brought against him then.\/ He thought no more of it than\nkilling a beast,\/and his flocks were rich, teeming in their fleece,\/but he\nsacrificed his own child, our daughter,\/the agony I labored into love\/to charm\naway the savage winds of Thrace. Clytemnestra (Ag. 1436-1444)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-vcmjbix elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"vcmjbix\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No slave&#8217;s death, I\nthink -\/no stealthier than the death he dealt\/our house and the offspring of our\nloins,\/Iphigenia, girl of tears.\/ Act for act, wound for wound! Clytemnestra\n(Ag. 1551-1555)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bhy5u9y elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bhy5u9y\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let them howl &#8211; they&#8217;re\nimpotent. 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