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| The writer of the play Alcestis |
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| was made servant of Admetus by Zeus, had tricked the Fates, Admetus could escape death if someone is willing to die in place, tried to talk Death out of taking Alcestis but didn’t work, he warns death that a man (Herc) will come and wrestle Alcestis from him |
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| Play Alcestis: wonderful wife, dies for Admetus, ask him not to take new wife, comes back with Herc, cannot speak for 3 days |
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| Play: Alcestis. husband of Alcestis, made deal with Apollo, friend to Herc, laments her death, wishes he could trade places, wanted parents to die for him, |
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| Friend of Admetus, stopped by on way to Labor tame the flesh-eating horses of Diomedes. Battles death to save Alcestis |
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| Author of Oedipus the King |
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| Play: Oedipus the King by Sophocles. King of Thebes. Son of Laius. Father of Antigone. Husband of Jocasta. Prophasized to kill father and marry mother. Blinds self after finding out he completed the prohecy. Is exiled. Tries to run from his fate, didn't work. |
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| Brother of Jocasta. Brother-in-law to Oedipus. Tells Oedipus to call prophet Teiresias. Oedipus accuses of Treason, Jocasta saves him. Forgives Oedipus and promises to take care of his daughters. |
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| Play: Oedipus the King by sophocles. Father of Oedipus, husband to Jocasta, was prohecied to be killed by son and had son sent to be killed |
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| Story: Ovid, Perseus. Son of Zeus and mortal. A hero. Killed gorgon Medusa. Saved Andromeda from sea monster and married her. He asked Atlas for shelter, was denied and set he turned him into stone. Got into a fighter over Andromeda, with her promised fiance. Fights crowd, kills them with Medusa's head. Successful hero. |
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| Orpheus' wife (Eurydices) doesn't blame him. |
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| Wife blames him. Turns back becuase of brief madness. Curses the shepard Aristaeus by killing bees. |
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| Play: Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Wife and mother of Oedipus, Wife of Laius. Sister of Creon. Gave Oedipus to shepard to be given away. Convinces Oedipus to not condemn Creon to death. She tells him that prophecies are usually false citing that Dephi told Laius he was to be murder by his son but son was casted out. When messenger comes and tells how he found baby Oedipus, Jocasta understands and tells Oedipus to stop his search of the truth, he doesn’t and she runs away and goes to commit suicide by hanging |
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| In Vergil's Orpheus. Cursed by Orpheus for causing Eurydice's death. Chased her and caused her to fall and die of snake bite. |
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| Play: Antigone by Sophocles. Daughter of Oedipus. Niece of Creon, sister of Ismene, Fiancee of Haemon. Burried brother despite Creon's order not to. Gods on side. Commits suicide. |
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| Play by Sophocles. Creon is ruler. Said that Polyneices cant be burried. Not with gods. Brother-in-law of Oedpidus. Sentenced Antigone for trial. Changed mine but to late. |
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| Son of sun god Helios. Drove father's chariot and lost control. Zeus hit him with lightening bolt and he fell and died |
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| Son of Theseus by Amazon women. Was amazing hunter. Loved Artemist and didn't respect Aprhodites. Was asked to have affair with stepmom Phaedra but denied her. She lied and said that he did. Father Theseus cast him out. He is killed by chariot. Father learns of mistake and begs for forgiveness. |
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| Wife of Theseus, stepmom of Hippolytus. Hit by Aphrodite with lust for Hippolytus. Hated self for lust. Nursed asked Hippolytus if he would sleep with her. She commits suicide. Incriminate Hippolytus to Theseus. |
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| Father of Hippolytus and husband to Phaedra. Cast out Hippolytus after thinking he raped wife. Learned truth from Artimist after Hippolytus is near death. Ask son for forgiveness. |
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| Ovid. Stared into reflection. Failed hero. Didn't have sex. Great hunter. Echo loved him. Turned into flower |
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| Ovid. Saw Diane/Artimist naked. Turned into Stag and was eaton by own dogs. He had boast he was better hunter. Grandson of Cadmus. Failed hero |
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| Cousin of Aceteon. Son of Agave. Cousin of Dionysus. King of Thebes. Denied Dionysus was god. Wanted to stop people from praising him. Was a fanatic. Voyeur. Dressed like a women. Saw hullcinations. Got killed by Maenads. Mother carried head into town. |
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| Mother of Pentheus. Daughter of Cadmus. Princess of Thebes. Denied that Dionysus was God, that mother had slept with Zeus. Was made into a maenad by Dionysus. Killed own son. |
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| blind prophet. Was in plays Antigone, Oedipus the King, Bacchae. Told Creon in Antinone to let her go. Told Oedipus in Oedipus the King that he had completed the prophecy. Told Pentheus in Bacchae to honor Dionysus. |
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| City is Cursed in Oedipus. People have plague because Apollo is mad at Laius's death |
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| there are oracles at Delphi from the god Apollo. Feature in Oedipus the King |
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| brother of Antigone and Son of Oedipus. Creon refuses to burry him |
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| where Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia was killed. |
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| Play Agamemnon by Aeschylus.King of Argos. Killed daughter in order to go to war. Bring home Cassandra. Walked on red carpet. Killed by wife Clytemnestra. |
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| Leader of the Greek forces. King of Mycenae. Rich. Quarrle with Achilles the focus of the book. Wouldn't return the daughter of a priest and got plauge sent to Greek Soldiers. |
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| Clytemnestra (In Agamemnon) |
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| Play Agamemnon by Aeschylus. Wife of Agamemnon and Queen of Argos. Lover of Aegisthus. Kills Agamemnon. Not repentent |
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| In play Electra by Euripides. Mother of Electra and Orestes. Lover of Aegisthus. Killed by Children |
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| In plays Agamemnon by Aeschylus and Electra by Euripides. Lover of Clytemnetra and killed by Orestes |
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| Hero of Iliad. Quarrels with Agamemnon. |
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| Friend/Lover of Achilles. Killed by Hector. |
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| King of Troy. Father of Hector and Paris |
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| Play Agamemnon by Aeschylus. Trojan women, taken by Agamemnon. Was with Apollo but things ended badly. Cursed her with prophecy but no one will ever believe her |
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| In play Bacchae by Euripides. women in madness by Bacchus/Dionysus. Features Pentheus' mother Agave. |
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| After three tragedies there will be a satyre play. Comedy |
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| In Bacchae, Pentheus wears mask. When mother takes off head, she takes off mask. |
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| characteristics of Sophocles’ plays |
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-Hero as humiliated (Sophocles)
Isolated, Intelligence, strength, mental horror, physical debility, Powerful in ruin
-Gods give hints (mysterious), not characters. |
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| Characterist of Euripides' play |
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-Great psychologist
-Gods as characters |
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| Narcissus, Actaeon, Hippolytus, Pehntheus |
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| Oldest to youngest: Aeschylus -> Sophocles -> Euripides ->Ovid |
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1) Growing up: Great deed, sex, husband
2) learning human limits, liminations
3) Death |
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1. To kill the Nemean lion.
2. To destroy the Lernaean Hydra.
3. To capture the Ceryneian Hind.
4. To capture the Erymanthian Boar.
5. To clean the Augean Stables.
6. To kill the Stymphalian Birds.
7. To capture the Cretan Bull.
8. To round up the Mares of Diomedes.
9. To steal the Girdle of Hippolyte.
10. To herd the Cattle of Geryon.
11. To fetch the Apples of Hesperides.
12. To capture Cerberus. |
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| Mother of Achilles. Sea goddess. Saved Zeus by releasing him from a prison when other gods wanted to overthrow him. |
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| Father of Menelaus and Agamemnon. House has a curse. He fed his brothers children to him. Killed by Aegisthus |
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| Brother of Agamemnon, Son of Atreus, Husband of Helen. King of Sparta. Lost wife to Paris |
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