Abstract

ALMANDOS MORA, LAURA. THE VIRILITY OF CLYTEMNESTRA IN AESCHYLUS' AGAMEMNON. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2020, vol.69, n.173, pp.163-186.  Epub Nov 12, 2020. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v69n173.80130.

The thought and social practices of Athenians during the Classical period were hierarchized in favor of males, who were considered naturally superior and endowed with the capacity and right to rule the polis and the home. The article shows how Aeschylus' Agamemnon questions the naturalization of that superiority through the character of Clytemnestra, who acts, thinks, and speaks like a man, and shows that killing a family member, changing partners, and fighting for power were justified if Agamemnon did those things. Why were such actions condemned if Clytemnestra carried them out?

Keywords : Aristotle; Aeschylus; gender studies; tragedy.

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