... color, Agamemnon sacrifices her for the sake of his own personal agenda (sailing to Ilium safely). The idea of liquids and cloths, of flowing and pouring, has been linked both to her sacrifice and to the curse upon the Atreides, for both are mentioned in the previous line (236). The theme is reinforced when Clytaemestra refers to the carpets as "a crimson path" (911) and mentions its colorings as "the purple ... unnatural; it simply cannot exist in Aeschylus" society. The Oresteia, in effect, perpetuates traditional ideals; the values assigned to the "good" female characters, such as El...

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