The House of Atreus: How a Curse Passed From Father to Son
Heradotus
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One family, five generations, and a terrible crime in every one of them. The House of Atreus is the most cursed family in Greek mythology. In this video we follow the story from Tantalus to Orestes, using Aeschylus' Oresteia and the Library attributed to Apollodorus, and ask how the Greeks thought a curse could end.
Content note: this is an educational video about Greek mythology. It discusses violence from the myth in a non-graphic way and is not intended for children.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The curse that never ends
0:57 Who is who
1:46 The first sin
3:46 Brothers
5:50 The feast of Atreus
7:14 Agamemnon
10:47 Orestes
12:20 The trial
13:36 What the Greeks were saying
SOURCES
Aeschylus, Oresteia: Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides (performed 458 BC)
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, Epitome 2 (the Pelopids: Atreus, Thyestes, the golden lamb)
Homer, Odyssey (Agamemnon's death in the older tradition)
Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis
ABOUT THIS VIDEO
All illustrations were created with AI image tools in a painterly style as artistic interpretations. They are not historical depictions. The narration is a synthetic voice. The script, research and editing are by the channel.
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The House of Atreus: How a Curse Passed From Father to Son
Heradotus
13 views
One family, five generations, and a terrible crime in every one of them. The House of Atreus is the most cursed family in Greek mythology. In this video we follow the story from Tantalus to Orestes, using Aeschylus' Oresteia and the Library attributed to Apollodorus, and ask how the Greeks thought a curse could end.
Content note: this is an educational video about Greek mythology. It discusses violence from the myth in a non-graphic way and is not intended for children.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The curse that never ends
0:57 Who is who
1:46 The first sin
3:46 Brothers
5:50 The feast of Atreus
7:14 Agamemnon
10:47 Orestes
12:20 The trial
13:36 What the Greeks were saying
SOURCES
Aeschylus, Oresteia: Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides (performed 458 BC)
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, Epitome 2 (the Pelopids: Atreus, Thyestes, the golden lamb)
Homer, Odyssey (Agamemnon's death in the older tradition)
Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis
ABOUT THIS VIDEO
All illustrations were created with AI image tools in a painterly style as artistic interpretations. They are not historical depictions. The narration is a synthetic voice. The script, research and editing are by the channel.
NEXT VIDEO: Medea. Subscribe so you don't miss it.
#GreekMythology #HouseOfAtreus #AncientGreec