Agamemnon's

The play begins by introducing Clytemnestra and Agamemnon's daughter, Electra.

Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009

Electra was married off to a farmer, amidst fears that if she remained in the royal household and wed a nobleman, their children would be more likely to try to avenge Agamemnon's death.

Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

If Homer had been around, and shut down Euripides when he was writing events that took place with Agamemnon's family after the end of the Trojan War, would we as a whole have benefited from it?

A Few More Last Words grrm 2010

Furthermore, in the ten years of Agamemnon's absence, Clytemnestra has entered into an adulterous relationship with Aegisthus, Agamemnon's cousin and the scion of a dispossessed branch of the family, who is determined to regain the throne he believes should rightfully belong to him.

Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009

Furthermore, in the ten years of Agamemnon's absence, Clytemnestra has entered into an adulterous relationship with Aegisthus, Agamemnon's cousin and the scion of a dispossessed branch of the family, who is determined to regain the throne he believes should rightfully belong to him.

Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

The play begins by introducing Clytemnestra and Agamemnon's daughter, Electra.

Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

Telling the story of the trials of Agamemnon's family in the aftermath of the Trojan war and of Iphigenia's own suffering, Bausch goes to the heart of Greek drama and to Gluck's score in movement of spare but resonantly lyrical beauty.

This week's new dance Judith Mackrell 2010

I felt more sorry for her than sympathetic to her character, not least as she shrieked and grunted for minutes on end while clawing her way into dead dad Agamemnon's tomb.

Review | Theatre | Electra | Gate | Brian Logan 2011

Electra was married off to a farmer, amidst fears that if she remained in the royal household and wed a nobleman, their children would be more likely to try to avenge Agamemnon's death.

Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009

In fact, that very thing showed up 2,500 years ago in Homer's Iliad, where the god Zeus appears in Agamemnon's dream and falsely promises victory if Agamemnon attacks Troy.

Anne Hill: 'Inception' Is Dead Wrong: Waking Is Much Riskier Than Dreaming! 2010