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: : : : How is the role of women portrayed in Aeschylus' Agamemnon? What virtues, vices, qualities ect.. are attributed to them? : : : Is should be obvious. : : : The Agememnon, the first of the Oresteia Triology, : : : begins more after the fall of Troy and Agamemnon's : : : seizure of Candra, the daugher of Priam : : : and priestess of Apolloa. : : : The Agamemnon describes how Clytaemnestra kills : : : her husband for the death of their daughter and : : : the insult of Candra, and establishes herself : : : and Aeigisthus, her paramour and also the avenger : : : of his father, a rulers over Argos. : : : Agamenmon became the commander-in-chief of the : : : Greek forces that attacked Troy to avenge the : : : seduction of Helen by Paris, son of Priam. : : : At the outset of the expedition, Agamemnon had : : : to sacrifice his and Clytaemnestra's daughter : : : Iphigenieia. : : : Agamemnon was a son of Atreus and inherited the : : : realm of Argos and married Clytaemnestra, daughter : : : of Tyndareos. : : : The house of Atreus is founded by : : : Tantalus of Lydia. Tantalus' son, Pelop was the : : : father of Atreus. : : : Atreus banished his brother for seducing his wife. : : : Atreus feasted the banished brother on the flesh : : : of the brother's children. : : : Similarly, the grandfather Tantalus, feasted : : : the gods on Pelop's flesh. : : : Orestes, the son of Clytaemnestra and Agamnenon. : : : After Orestes is acquitted in Athena's (Apollo's : : : sister) court of law, the Areopagus, Athena : : : persuades the Furies (female entities of the : : : primitive vendetta law) to become benevolent : : : patrons. : : : Chorus of Furies HYMN TO JOY: let us rejoice, the : : : spirit of man has triumphed over the harsher : : : elements of life. : i really think that the chorus plays ahuge role within greek tragedy and it is often the part i choose to play in major productions

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