1. By: Barron, Abigail, and the one and only Kristina with a “K”
Oresteia
By:
Barron, Abigail, and the one and only Kristina with a “K”

2. Aeschylus Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright.
He is often recognized as the father of tragedy
He is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.
He expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict among them
Seven of an estimated seventy to ninety plays by Aeschylus have survived into modern times

3. About the Team
Kristina is a hard working girl with little common sense.
Barron is a charming young man who is very talented.
Abigail is a sweet young lady who loves Orlando Bloom.

4. Agamemnon
King of Mycenae and leader of the Greek armies in the Trojan War. He was the son of Atreus, on whose house a curse had been laid.
Clytemnestra was his wife, and together they had two sons, Orestes and Chrysothemis, and two daughters, Iphigenia and Electra.

5. Greek Foods
There are lots of famous Greek foods from the basic bread to to the interesting meats.

6. Breads

7. Meats

8. Desserts

9. Greek Dishes

10. Achillies son of the nymph Thetis and Peleus
Achilles is the only mortal to experience consuming rage
He led a group of men in the Trojan war
Agamemnon tried to control him but he could not be controlled
He killed Hector the greatest warrior in Troy
He was said to be immortal but his mother left his heel vulnerable when she dipped him in the Styx river which was his only weakness
Killed by Paris when he was shot in his heel
In hell he was seen still leading his army

11. Hector The greatest warrior of Troy in the Trojan army
Son of Priam and Hecuba
He did not approve of the war
His brother Paris was a coward
It is said of two different stories of how he dies
1. In the movie troy he is said to fight one on one with Achilles and gets killed.
2. In the Lliad story it is said that when he was approached by Achilles he loses his nerves and runs around but later fights and dies.

12. Paris Child of Hecuba and Priam
His mother had a dream just before he was born that he would be the reason for the down fall of Troy and it came true.
He ran away with Helen of Greece and this started the war and the kill of many people.
Paris and Diomedes brother of Agamemnon, fight for the lady Helen and he ends up losing but is saved by his brother Hector.
Later he kills Achilles with an arrow that is said to be guided by the god Apollo
Paris himself was killed with an arrow from Philoctetes

13. About Oresteia
Oresteia is a trilogy about Agamemnon and his son Orestes.

14. Cassandra
Cassandra, as seer and prophetess, connects the present with the past, and more importantly, draws a foreshadowing veil of doom for the future
Cassandra possesses a woeful vulnerability as victim to Apollo

15. Costumes

16. More costumes

17. Even more costumes

18. Pottery
Nice pot

19. Potts pt. 2
More cool pots.

20. Works Cited www.google.com www.wikipedia.com