In this work, the close of the Watchman's speech foreshadows the action to come when he says "I speak to those who understand, / but if they fail, I have forgotten everything." The image of the yoke recurs throughout the work, as in line 842, when it refers to a comrade, or as a mark of slavery for the citizens at line 1639 after the chorus has acc
In this work, the close of the Watchman's speech foreshadows the action to come when he says "I speak to those who understand, / but if they fail, I have forgotten everything." The image of the yoke recurs throughout the work, as in line 842, when it refers to a comrade, or as a mark of slavery for the citizens at line 1639 after the chorus has accused one character of "like a woman, wait[ing] the war out." That character, Aegisthus, arrives with his guards after his paramour has announced their murder of the title character, whose death was warranted, they claim, because of the crimes of his father, Atreus, and his murder of Iphigenia. FTP, name this play, the first in Aeschylus's Oresteia, named for the slain Argive king.
In this work, the close of the Watchman's speech foreshadows the action to come when he says "I speak to those who understand, / but if they fail, I have forgotten everything."
Agamemnon [prompt on Oresteia before it's mentioned]