Outline of Lecture 11/17/14“Thyestean Banquet”Agamemnon and MenelausI. Atreus’ sonsa. Marry Klytaimnestra and Helen (sisters)i. Daughters of Tyndareos (or Zeus) and Ledab. Helen runs off with Trojan princei. Trojan Warii. Greek fleet at AulisII. Artemisa. Agamemnon offends?i. Boast?ii. Sacred deer?b. Atreus’ failure to sacrifice?III. Iphigeniaa. Sacrificeb. Achillesc. Deer?IV. Klytaimnestraa. THINKS that Iphigenia is deadb. Affair with Aigisthosi. Thyestes and Pelopeia’s sonc. Plot to murder Agamemnond. Axe-murderessV. Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra’s Childrena. Iphigeniab. Elektrac. Orestesd. Maybe some othersVI. Orestes’ Returna. Apollo; Avenge your father!b. 7 years later; incognitoc. Pylades- best friendd. Orestes and Elektra plan vengeancee. Orestes kills Aigisthos and KlytaimnestraVII. Erinyes (Furies)a. Correct and incorrect filial actionsi. Avenge fatherii. Kill motheriii. GuiltVIII. Delphia. Sanctuaryb. PurificationIX. The Trial at Athensa. 12 dikasts (jurors)i. Olympian gods?ii. Athenians?b. Apollo: defensec. Furies: prosecutiond. Athena’s vote:i. Sides with maleii. Father outweighs mothere. Erinyes  Eumenides (“Kindly Ones”)f. Two aetiological myths for manslaughter on Areopagos:i. Divine (Ares)ii. Heroic (Orestes)X. After Athensa. Continued persecution by Furiesb. Taurisi. Outside Greecec. Reclaim statue of Artemisd. Orestes and PyladesXI. Iphigeniaa. Sacrificedb. … Or notc. Tauris!i. Priestess of ArtemisXII. Taurisa. Non-Greekb. Human sacrifice of strangersc. Orestes and Pylades: sacrifices??XIII. Escape!a. Return to Greeceb. No more sacrificeXIV. The Family Cursesa. Tantalos’ crime against the godsb. Pelops’ sons kill their half brotheri. Pelops curses his sonsc. Thyestes sleeps with Atreus’ wifed. Thyestes’ son (Aigisthos) cuckolds and kills Atreus’ son (Agamemnon)XV. Cursesa. Familial chaosi. Clear family tree => ease of inheritanceii. Unclear family tree => problems1. Magnifies real concerns over successioniii. Myth: how can families go wrong?b. Furies:i. Curse => kin-slayingii. Kin-slaying => FuriesXVI. Agamemnon’s Childrena. Elektra marries Pyladesb. Iphigenia remains Artemis’ priestessi. Sanctuary at Brauronc. Orestes marries Hermionei. Daughter of Menelaus and HelenXVII. Final Purificationa. Familial reconciliation/reincorporationb. Appeasement of Artemisc. Removal of (all the) curses on descendants of