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Iphigenia

Jiang treats Agamemnon's sacrifice of Iphigenia as a morally unnecessary choice that launches the cycle of revenge rather than as a tragic necessity.

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Interpretive claim in the 2024-10-17 lecture.

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Jiang treats Agamemnon's sacrifice of Iphigenia as a morally unnecessary choice that launches the cycle of revenge rather than as a tragic necessity.

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Tragedy Makes Democracy Face Itself

2024-10-17, day precision · Civilization #9: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides as Prophets of Democracy

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"...the gods. He tells Agamemnon, you have to sacrifice your daughter, Iphigenia, and at this point, Agamemnon should be like, I'm not gonna do..."

Tragedy Makes Democracy Face Itself

2024-10-17, day precision · Civilization #9: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides as Prophets of Democracy

Transcript

"So he kills his daughter, Iphigenia. The wind is released from the skies, and they set sail to Troy, okay? And we know what..."

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