What's the Epic Cycle?
A group of 6-8 ancient Greek poems related to the Trojan War.
What is the Oresteia?
A trilogy of tragedy plays by Aeschylus about Orestes.
Name three of the six highlighted locations from today's Mythology Map.
Athens, Attica, Troy, [Oracle at] Delphi, Phocis, Mycenae.
Summarize Aeschylus' "Agamemnon".
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Summarize Aeschylus' "The Libation Bearers".
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Summarize Aeschylus' "The Eumenides".
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What two names did the Greeks have for the Furies?
The Erinyes, the Eumenides.
Who is Cassandra and what role did she play in today's myth?
The cursed prophetess; murdered mistress of Agamemnon.
What's the Curse of the House of Atreus and how did it manifest in today's myth?
Tantalus, Thyestes, Aegisthus, Agamemnon, Atreus, Menelaus, Iphigenia, etc.
Choose either Aegisthus or Clytemnestra and explain their motives for killing Agamemnon.
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