Steve’s Comments (group member since Jul 10, 2016)

Steve’s comments from the Reading Classics, Chronologically Through the Ages group.

Kenia wrote: "One of the main themes in Agamemnon is hubris.

The Chorus speaks about the dangers of high accomplishment in lines 457-462:

"the swarthy Furies stalk the man
gone rich beyond all rights--with a t..."

Kenia,

I'm so glad you've started this group. I've been chipping away at the novel, autobiography, and history lists for a few years, and am excited to have some people to discuss these books with!

I think perhaps the most blatant hubris is shown right at the end of the play.

There's a whole back and forth between Aegisthus and the Leader of the Chorus, in which the Leader repeatedly insults and challenges Aegisthus for what he and Clytemnestra have conspired to do.

The scene (and the play ends) with Clytemnestra saying, "Let them howl - they're impotent. You and I have power now. We will set the house in order once for all."

In a world where Agamemnon pays dearly for the sins of his father...what are the odds that Aegisthus and Clytemnestra don't pay for their hubris? :)