1. From Suffering, Knowledge? Aeschylus’ Agamemnon 2

2. Agenda Tragedy in Performance “Words, Endless Words”—Role of the Chorus Recap & Update Tragic Patterns, Tragic Themes in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon Discussion Cassandra Scene (pp. 143 ff.) 6-oct-11 aeschylus agamemnon 2 2

3. Tragedy in Performance “Words, Endless Words”—Role of the Chorus

4. Recap & Update Tragic Patterns, Tragic Themes in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon

5. Oresteia So Far: Ideological Conflicts, Social Resonance manv.woman civic harmonyv.civic chaos persuasionv.violence JUSTICEv.JUSTICE Tragic consciousness as social critique? 6-oct-11 aeschylus agamemnon 2 5

6. Prologue (pp. Penguin 104 f.) Watchman Parodos (105 ff.) Entry march (recited). misgivings: expedition Lyric (sung, danced). portent of eagles and hare 1st episode (112 ff.) Leader, Clyt. Fire signals 1st stasimon (117 ff.) Paris’ crime 2nd episode (121 ff.) Herald, Leader, Clyt. Victory. Menelaus lost? 2nd stasimon (129 ff.) Helen’s blood wedding 3rd episode (132 ff.) Chorus (reciting). Ag., Clyt. Red- carpet welcome 3rd stasimon (141 ff.) Foreboding 4th episode (143 ff.) Clyt., Leader. Cassandra to enter palace Cass., Leader, whole Chorus. Cass.’s visions (spoken, sung) Choral recitation (158) Perils of power Choral scene (159) Leader, whole Chorus, Ag. (offstage) Exodos (160 ff.) Clyt., Leader. Ekkuklēma with corpses Clyt., Chorus (lyric dialogue). Recriminations Clyt., Aegisthus, Leader (dialogue). Gloating in victory, more recriminations Agamemnon: Analysis

7. Theoretical Models/Frameworks Aristotelian Pity, fear, catharsis Hamartia Recognition, reversal Aeschylean (+ “Heringtonian”) Law of hubris and atē (“tragic formula”) Aeschylean epiphany Tragic cycle 6-oct-117 aeschylus agamemnon 2

8. Aristotelian Pity, fear, catharsis Hamartia Recognition, reversal 6-oct-118 aeschylus agamemnon 2

9. Tragic Formula koros excess, extravagance hubris arrogance, violation atē delusion, ruin dikē justice Carpet and aftermath “Precious as silver, inexhaustible, ever-new, it breeds the more we reap it—tides on tides of crimson dye our robes blood red” (Cly, p. 140) 6-oct-119 aeschylus agamemnon 2

10. Tragic Epiphany 6-oct-1110 aeschylus agamemnon 2 verbal ambiguity human visual clarity divine to Clytaemnestra’s revenge: “Words, endless words I’ve said to serve the moment” (Cly, p. 160) “Here I stand and here I struck and here my work is done” (Cly, p. 161)

11. Tragic Cycle 6-oct-1111 aeschylus agamemnon 2 “Each charge meets counter charge. None can judge between them. justice. the plunderer plundered, the killer pays the price. … The one who acts must suffer - that is law” (Cho, p. 167)

12. Cassandra Scene: Stack O’ Woe Feast of Thyestes Murder of Agamemnon & Cassandra Trojan War Murder of Clytemnestra 6-oct-11 aeschylus agamemnon 2 12

13. Associative Poetics Fire signals Carpet scene Cassandra scene, murder scene 6-oct-1113 aeschylus agamemnon 2

14. Discussion Cassandra Scene (pp. 143 ff.)