19 Jan. The Eumenides I
Activity I: WordPress & Digital Publication
Log-in to the class site and follow along
- 1. Making a Post: retrieve the email I sent you from wordpress@animals.mckennarose.org & log-in to the course site.
- 2. Adding and configuring media: search for an image of your choice and download it to your desk top
- 3. Digital Citizenship/Citation: how to cite media in WP
- 4. Embedding Content
- 5. Categories & Tags!!
Activity I: Close reading The Agamemnon
Find one passage from The Agamemnon that really stands out to you. After you have found your passage read it through a couple of times and then be prepared to consider the following:
- 1. What’s the context/goal of the passage?
- 2. Point out 2-3 key textual features of the passage (i.e. metaphor, simile, meter, rhythm, line length, chiasmus, alliteration/consonance, tone, word play, etc).
- How does the passage you chose defy easy interpretation?
Activity III: The Eumenides
- 1.Does Orestes murder of his mother justify the torment the Furies have inflicted on him and want to inflict on him after his death—hound him to a mad grave?
- What are some major themes of Pythia’s opening prayer? Why can’t she recognize the furies?
- How does Apollo describe the Furies and what advice does he give to Orestes?
- How does the account that the Furies give of Clytemnestra’s murder differ from the account that Orestes gives?
- Why does Athena decide to “appoint the judges of manslaughter” (500) instead of deciding the case for herself?
