Agamemnon
Introduction + Context
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Lines 1-354 Lines 355-782 Lines 783-1033 Lines 1034-1330 Lines 1331-1675
Themes
All Themes Revenge War and Its Aftermath Gender Roles Fate and the Gods
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Characters
All Characters Agamemnon Clytemnestra Cassandra The Chorus Aegisthus Menelaus
Symbols
All Symbols The Purple Tapestries
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Agamemnon

by

Aeschylus

Agamemnon Symbols

The Purple Tapestries

When Agamemnon arrives at the palace, Clytemnestra convinces him to enter into the palace as a returning conqueror walking on a luxurious swath of purple tapestries. Agamemnon is aware that walking on these cloths may…

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