Transcript Oresteia Powerpoint

Oresteia
The House of
Atreus
Sacrifice of Iphigenia
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
1757
by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Clytemnestra from the Battlements of
Argos Watches for the Beacon Fires which
are to Announce the Return of
Agamemnon
Frederic Leighton
1874
Death of Agamemnon, Aegisthos with sword.
Detail from Athenian red-figure clay vase about 500-450 BC. Boston.
Museum of Fine Arts 63.1246 W.F.Warden Fund
Death of Cassandra
Clytemnestra After the Murder (1882), by
Hon. John Collier (1850-1939).
Orestes Kills Aegisthus
Orestes Kills Clytemnestra
More Scenes of Aegisthus’ Death
bronze relief from Olympia, 570 B.C.
Orestes about to kill Aegisthus while
Clytemnestra (with ax) tried to prevent, red
figure, 460 B.C.
Orestes embracing omphalos at Delphi;
Apollo fends off Furies; South Italian red
figure, 370 B.C.
Orestes being purified by Apollo
Apulian red-figure krater, 480–470
BC, Louvre (Cp 710)
Ghost of Clytemnestra trying to
awake the Erinyes while her son is
being purified by Apollo
Apulian red-figure krater, 480–470
BC, Louvre (Cp 710)