... urging his men on. The Greeks were the ones who wanted to fight because they knew they were stronger and because of Paris. Their greatest warrior was Achilles. It was Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus who took command of the expedition to save Helen. Odysseus, the smartest of the Greeks, didn't want to go to war to save Helen. He even ... his body he felt despair and anger. Thetis, Achilles mother, after hearing her son's cry, had the "divine smith" make him a whole new set of armor. Achilles wanted revenge and Agamemnon willingly gave him command of the whole army. Achilles" only desi...

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... urging his men on. The Greeks were the ones who wanted to fight because they knew they were stronger and because of Paris. Their greatest warrior was Achilles. It was Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus who took command of the expedition to save Helen. Odysseus, the smartest of the Greeks, didn't want to go to war to save Helen. He even ... his body he felt despair and anger. Thetis, Achilles mother, after hearing her son's cry, had the "divine smith" make him a whole new set of armor. Achilles wanted revenge and Agamemnon willingly gave him command of the whole army. Achilles" only desi...

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... hand, were not the only people Athena favored. According to Homer the Greeks were greatly benefited when Athena came down from the heavens and stopped Achilles of Phthia from killing Agamemnon. Achilles protested but Athena replied: Down from the skies I come to check your rage if only you would yield...Stop this fighting, now...Don't lay hand to sword...I know it ... all his outrage. Hold back now. Obey... (Homer-104) Even though Athena was the patroness of war she also had compassion for the Greeks. Athena new if Achilles had killed Agamemnon that would certainly mean defeat for the G...

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... Atreus and the curse gives way to the transference of injustice through lineage. As a result of Atreus' demented action, parricide, adultery, human sacrifice, and war ensue throughout the tragedies of Agamemnon and The Libation Bearers. These results bring out the worst in people and in society. This is not justice because it's an endless ritual cycle of iniquity that corrodes the ... ...

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... ,000 men gathered together and set off to troy to get Helen back. But when they went to set sail there was no wind so they had to sacrifice a maiden. Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigema. For more than nine years the Greeks besieged Troy unsuccessfully. It was then that the crafty Odysses stepped forward with a stratagem. Aided by the goddess Athena ... ...

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... " achievement even more. The story of Telemachus presents to the audience the son of Odysseus, who by the end of the poem is a worthy successor to his father. Achilles and Agamemnon, also great heroes of Odysseus" time learn of they"re worthy sons after they have died. Odysseus lives to see his son and all that he has become while he ... ...

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... greatly to the thematic conflict and its subsequent solution. For instance, the motivations for murder in the successive plays in the Oresteia trilogy reflect a progression from chaos to order. In Agamemnon, the first play, Clytemnestra kills the King brutally, heartlessly, inspired by her angry, vengeful nature, her lust for power, and, quite probably, the hellish Furies. In The Libation Bearers, however ... ...

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... is known for being a clever speaker. Telemachus visits him in Book 3 to ask about his father, but Nestor has little information on Odysseus. Menelaus - King of Sparta and brother of Agamemnon, he helped lead the Greek forces in the Trojan War. Menelaus is the husband of Helen. He offers Telemachus help in his quest to find Odysseus when Telemachus visits him ... ...

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