Agamemnon · Character
Aeschylus
Author of the play, referenced in the text as the poet.
minor
First appearance: endnotes
Aeschylus's tie to Clytemnestra is one of the pressures that moves Agamemnon—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Clytemnestra (professional): Aeschylus as playwright crafts Clytemnestra as a complex, vengeful character driving the tragedy. With Agamemnon (professional): Aeschylus portrays Agamemnon as a tragic hero undone by…
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Character groups
- House of Atreus and Gods
- Protagonist
- Divine and Prophetic Forces
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- Clytemnestra
professional · ambivalent
Aeschylus as playwright crafts Clytemnestra as a complex, vengeful character driving the… How this plays out →
- Agamemnon
professional · ambivalent
- Cassandra
professional · ambivalent
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See Aeschylus in endnotes