Classical Monologues. Volume 3, Women, from Aeschylus to Racine

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Preliminary note on the characterization of women in Western drama -- Preface -- Greek -- Io, fleeing Argus, tormented by a gadfly clamors for an end to her suffering Prometheus bound, Clytemnestra hails the news of Agamemnon's homecoming Agamemnon, Clytemnestra greets fulsomely her husband returned from Troy $g (458 BC) / Agamemnon, Cassandra recalls the curse on the house of Atreus Agamemnon, Cassandra speaks her final prophecy and goes to her doom Agamemnon, Clytemnestra exults over the bodies of Agamemnon and Cassandra Agamemnon, Clytemnestra bitterly defends her act of revenge Agamemnon, The mother of Rhesus, holding the body of her son, mourns his death in war Rhesus,

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