10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLYTAEMNESTRA»
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Clytaemnestra in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Clytaemnestra and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Clytaemnestra; A Tragedy
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Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies
Clytaemnestra had to endure the death of two of her children by the hand of her
second husband, Agamemnon. The first daughter — the child of her first husband
Tantalus — was murdered when Agamemnon took Clytaemnestra as his wife, ...
Struik Publishers, Janet Parker, Alice Mills, Julie Stanton, 2007
How does it fit the particulars of Clytaemnestra's dream (417–22 and note) and
the description of Orestes' death? 770 in vain The Tutor pretends that he has
come to bring comfort to Clytaemnestra through the news of Orestes' death, ...
Sophocles, Eric Dugdale, 2008
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Orestes and Other Plays
CLYTAEMNESTRA. No misnomer that. ACHILLES. A fearful cry is heard among
the Argives. CLYTAEMNESTRA. What is it? tell me. ACHILLES. It concerns thy
child. CLYTAEMNESTRA. An evil omen for thy words. ACHILLES. They say her ...
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Euripides: Iphigeneia at Aulis
CLYTAEMNESTRA What do you mean? Tell me. ACHILLES They say that your
daughter . . . CLYTAEMNESTRA This sounds ominous. ACHILLES That she must
be slaughtered. CLYTAEMNESTRA And no one speaks against it? ACHILLES I ...
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The Greek Classics: Euripides - Nineteen Plays
CLYTAEMNESTRA No misnomer that. ACHILLES A fearful cry is heard among
the Argives. CLYTAEMNESTRA What is it? tell me. ACHILLES It concerns thy
child. CLYTAEMNESTRA An evil omen for thy words. ACHILLES They say her ...
Euripides, James H. Ford, 2006
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Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology
Agamemnon's murder and Clytaemnestra's perfidy, by contrast, have some
moderately plausible justification. In a long speech, Sophocles' Clytaemnestra
justifies herself: She killed Agamemnon in revenge for having sacrificed their
daughter ...
Luke Roman, Monica Roman, 2010
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Omnibus I: Biblical and Classical Civilizations
Compare Cassandra's attitude toward Clytaemnestra with her attitude toward
Agamemnon. Does Cassandra show loyalty to Agamemnon? 6. Does
Clytaemnestra love Agamemnon? Does Clytaemnestra hate Agamemnon? 7. At
the close of ...
Douglas Wilson, G. Tyler Fischer, 2005
CLYTAEMNESTRA Why seek to fly, my child? IPHIGENIA I am ashamed to face
Achilles. CLYTAEMNESTRA Wherefore? IPHIGENIA The luckless ending to our
marriage causes me to feel abashed. CLYTAEMNESTRA No time for affectation ...
CLYTAEMNESTRA No time for affectation now in face of what has chanced.Stay
then; reserve will do no good, if only we can (Enter ACHILLES.) ACHILLES
DaughterofLeda, lady of sorrows! CLYTAEMNESTRA No misnomer that.
ACHILLES A ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLYTAEMNESTRA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Clytaemnestra is used in the context of the following news items.
Why do we assume there is an evil mother behind every violent man?
... wars for stupid reasons, but it is only the bad mothers – Medea, Clytaemnestra, Jocasta – whose actions are believed to spread poison. «New Statesman, May 15»
Magnet Theatre's In The City of Paradise
... Theatre Fulltime Training and Job Creation program and a young professional, award winning actress Indalo Stofile playing Clytaemnestra. «Artslink.co.za News, May 15»
What lessons can we draw from antiquity?
Clytaemnestra rages at Agamemnon because of her grief for her daughter Iphigenia, slaughtered like a young foal in order to ensure favorable ... «Kathimerini, Jul 14»
Greeks have a prior claim to Crimea
... blessed country to be saved from the persecution of the Furies after killing his mother, the flamboyant Clytaemnestra, and her lover Aegisthus ... «Financial Times, Mar 14»
REVIEW: Small And Tired | Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
... pressed into unwilling service by his inaccessible mother, Clytaemnestra (Sandy Gore) and cloyingly close, demented sister, Electra (Susan ... «Crikey, Oct 13»
Small and Tired – theatre review
Brookman's exploration of Electra, played by Susan Prior, is interesting: her hatred of Clytaemnestra stemming not from her mother's murder of ... «The Guardian, Sep 13»
Classic tale of revenge with an Aussie twist
Their mother, Clytaemnestra, and her lover Aegisthus kill him in revenge for Iphigenia's murder, and Orestes and Electra in turn kill them. «The Australian, Sep 13»
Commemorating Gallipoli's Hellenic Heart: Lemnos 1915
And we read in Homer that the great King Agamemnon lit a chain of fires on the island's peaks to signal to his Queen, Clytaemnestra, that Troy ... «Neos Kosmos, Apr 13»
Damn & Blast! Supersonic Festival 2011 Reviewed
... Russell hallucination, re-tell the rape, murder and revenge tale of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra through by turns funny and scary songs. «The Quietus, Oct 11»
The Government should invest in shale gas and reduce energy costs
My tortoises, who do not need short names since they never come when called, are Clytaemnestra and Aristophanes. Arthur Ord-Hume «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 11»
