I.He
added a second actor and drastically reduced the chorus to 12. Aristotle says he also introduced scene
painting. He won the prize for tragedy 13 times, but of his 90 plays, only 7 survive.
II.The
Oresteia is composed of the Agamemnon, The Choephoroe
(The Libation Bearers), and The Eumenides.
House
of Atreus
Tantalus
was a son of Zeus; in an attempt to prove the gods were no better than
mortals, he killed his son Pelops and served him to the gods at a
banquet.
Pelops was
revived by the gods but Demeter had taken a bite, so he was given an
ivory shoulder.
I.