Agamemnon Animal 3 Dog 38 Ox 54 Vultures 118 Eagle

Agamemnon

Libation Bearers

Eumenides

Animal 3 dog 38 ox 54 vultures 118 eagle 141 lion, cubs 151 eagles 604 watchdog 714 lion cub 779 flock 810 mare, foals 813 lion 887 watchdog 913 peacock 980 wings 1049 swallow 1066 bridle 1128 bull 1144 nightingale 1166 fang 1232 lion 1237 hellhound 1244 Scylla 1273 lioness, wolf, lion king 1321 beast 1440 beast 1473 swan 1500 raven 1697 dogs 1706 cock

Animal 252 coils, viper 260 nestling 262 eagle and brood 487 nestlings 514 snake 537 I turn serpent 596 Scylla 605 ruthless bitch 784 colt 914 You are the snake 987 moray eel, viper 1047 serpents 1053 hounds

Animal 178 flying viper 192 lion’s cave 194 flock, herdsman, she hound 255ff. vampire 325 whelp Apollo 493 venom of their pride

Net, strap, robes, weave, snare, yoke 217 strap of fate 361 slung your net 520, 894, 951 yoke 947 weaving 1047 nets of doom 1071 yoke of fate 1116 net 1117 snare 1129 traps him 1235 yoke 1280 yoke 1287 Seer’s robes 1394-5 rig the nets 1402 all-embracing net 1404 robes of doom 1520 black widow’s web 1545 black widow’s web 1610 Furies’ tangling robes

Net, strap, robes, weave, snare, yoke 221 net 251 Zeus eagle feather 252 coils, viper 479 all-embracing net 493-4 corks to the net 970 shroud 990 snare, sheath, winding sheet, tent, net 640-43 tent robes, web

Notes Two Ways of Studying the Pattern of Imagery: (1) Thematically (this page) (2) In the order they appear Distinguish (1) Off-stage acts: killing is always offstage, and then reported on-stage (2) On-stage acts; e.g. display of bodies; display of robes

More Notes Robes (1) Metaphor; e.g., ‘nets of justice’ (2) Metonymy (part for whole); e.g. Cassandra strips off her prophet’s robes and symbols of her office (wand) Explanation for Studying Imagery in order of appearance: Metaphors and Metonymies are not decorative but essential to the conceptual structure, and the dramatic structure, of Oresteia.

Net, strap, robes, weave, snare, yoke 116 thick of your nets 148 slipped from the nets 305 spell…chains of song 336 bind the world 350 pious white robes 373 black robes swarming 474 handsome net 1038 Furies in blood-red robes (Greek 10028: phoinikobaptos = purpledyed: Murex, sea—shell, royalty only; see Agamemnon 900, 943)

1671-2 yoke…colt Justice 250, 385, 902, 1001, 1430, 1459, 1564-5, 1589, 1635 weaves, 1639, 1643 nets of justice,

picture 1332-3 ship of state 1013 male / female 13

Justice 315 796 blood of Justice Justice 229 Path 932 Fate’s rough path Charioteer 1019 Plant 264 dynastic tree

Weapon 235 edge blunted 681 arrows (= arguments) blood 278 blood sleeps 279 stain washing clean runner 387 water 517 lethal tide 814 raining scales 539 strike the balance ship 561 strike his sails plants 670 shoots…roots 671 root them in her soil wine burning wine of strife spell 912 spell…to sing Pan 955 [26 Pentheus]