Agamemnon (Play) – Mythopedia The Agamemnon is a tragedy composed by Aeschylus around 458 BCE In the play, the Greek warrior Agamemnon returns home after conquering Troy, only to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra
Eumenides – Mythopedia The Eumenides is a tragedy composed by Aeschylus around 458 BCE It is the final entry in the tragic trilogy known as the Oresteia The play depicts Orestes’ trial and eventual acquittal for the murder of his mother Clytemnestra
Medusa – Mythopedia Medusa, one of the three monstrous Gorgons, was a snake-haired female who turned anybody who looked upon her to stone She was finally killed by the hero Perseus, who used her severed head as a weapon against his enemies
Helen of Troy – Mythopedia Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty When Helen left her Greek husband for a handsome Trojan prince, the Greeks started the Trojan War to get her back
Clytemnestra – Mythopedia Clytemnestra, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, was the wife of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae She and her lover Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon when he returned home from the Trojan War, but were later killed in turn by Orestes, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra’s son
Themis – Mythopedia Themis was a Greek Titan most famous for embodying the concept of justice Unlike the other Titans, she sided with the Olympians in their celestial war with her brethren Today, her image survives as “Lady Justice,” wearing a chiton (a kind of tunic) and holding a set of balanced scales
Moirae (Fates) – Mythopedia Aeschylus, writing around the same time as Pindar, connected the Moirae with the myth of Alcestis: according to Aeschylus, Apollo got the Moirae drunk so that they would agree to let his friend, the mortal Admetus, escape his death if he could find a willing substitute to take his place
Zeus – Mythopedia Zeus was the powerful but flawed king of the Greek pantheon and the supreme god of the Greeks He ruled over men and gods alike from his throne on Mount Olympus
Erinyes (Furies) – Mythopedia The Erinyes (“Furies”) were terrifying sisters who acted as goddesses of vengeance and retribution From their grim home in the Underworld, the Erinyes punished crimes that violated the natural order—especially offenses against family members
Graeae – Mythopedia The tragedian Aeschylus described them as swan-formed, but it is unclear whether this was a reference to their physical shape or simply to the pale color of their hair [15] They were invariably depicted as ancient and long-lived and may have been immortal [16] The Graeae possessed just one eye and one tooth, which they shared [17]