... ritual sacrifice for the marriage into war of Troy and Argos. This clearly spells doom for Troy. The nature of the marriage brings down the wrath of the fates: "The fury makes the Trojans pay" When Troy approaches her end, the men feel that they were "born for bloody slaughter". In the next two stanza's Helen is likened to a lion cub ... the whole of Troy fell in love with Helen and like the lion cub she changes over night. Coz she has caused such destruction, the old men call her a fury: "A bride of tears. A fury" Antistrophe The Chorus speak philosophically: "There's an ancient saying...

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... discovers that Patroclus was killed by Hector. Achilles then reconciles with Agamemnon and rejoins the battle, despite knowing his deadly fate, and drives all the Trojans before him in his fury, wearing the new special armor that her mother gave to him. Hector was not expecting Achilles to rejoin the battle. The Trojan army was afraid of Achilles flees back behind ... ...

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... accept any challenge, "Achilles put on his armor; he gashed his teeth, his eyes gleamed like fire, for his grief was greater than he could bear. Thus, then, full of fury against the Trojans, did he don the gift of the god." (Pg 236) Hector was another such man who had followed this arete code, he says, "Three times have I fled ... ...

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... daughter of the Apollo's priest, was abducted by Greek soldiers and delivered to Agamemnon. His refusal to return her to her father angered Apollo greatly, causing him to unleash his fury, sending his fiery arrows upon the Greek soldiers. This refusal also angered Achilles, the Greek's best soldier and only hope for winning the war, to the point of his leaving ... ...

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... , Agamemnon betrays her as a mother by killing Iphigenia, this is reinforced when she states "the right behind my sacrament: By my child's Justice driven to fulfilment, by her Wrath and Fury, to whom I sacrificed this man."(1431-1433) Agamemnon also betrays her as a wife by leaving her alone at home to suffer in his absence for ten years and leaving her ... ...

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... know of her actions. She takes pride in claiming to end the curse which has plagued generations of Agamemnon's ancestors: "I swept from these halls / the murder, the sin, and the fury" (1575-76). In a way Aeschylus wanted the audience to have sympathy and feel her pain. However, letting the audience feel these emotions towards women was extremely uncommon and difficult considering ... ...

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