... Through the study of the Odyssey I have got a slight picture of what he was like, that of the victorious and much loved King. However through the reading of the Agamemnon by Sophocles, I get a very different image of the king. In the play Agamemnon is depicted as a scheming king and one not favoured by the gods. As the play goes on I see more and more motives for Clytemnestra to take revenge on her husband, and he eventually comes to a gruesome end; first Clytemnestra wrapped him in a net, and then 'at my (Clytemnestra) leisure choosing the best places on his helpless body I pushed the blade into him (Agamemnon)'2. To get an idea about beliefs in the Roman world I chose to investigate the burial of Stilicho (359 - 408 AD) a Roman general and consul. By reading the works of Claudian, I get ...

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