아이스퀼로스 오레스테이아의 교육적 여성상

Abstract

In this paper, I tried to figure out the elements of women’s education in Aeschulos Oresteia. Oresteia is the only trilogy which was based on the myth of Atreus family. In ancient Greek women were enforced to focus on their private life; however women character shown in Oresteia had capabilities to be a role model. They also affect the male citizens to change the viewpoint for the woman. There were three women in this trilogy: Ipigeneia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Klytimenestra, Klytimenestra, who killed Agamemnon after coming back from Troy, and Electra, brother of Ipigeneia who killed her mother for father's honor. Unless her resistence, Ipigeneia was the victim of the rituals for Agamemnon's troops which made Klytimenestra fury. Klytimenestra was considered evil character who killed her husband and affair to Aisgistos; however she was very active person for accomplishing her own purpose. her smart and bright deceive Agamemnon and almost without the help of Aigistos, she could kill the the daughter's slaughter. However her revenge provoked another innocents people's death and pain that was connected to another vendetta. Electra was different figure from Iphigeneia and Klytimenestra. She overcome Iphigeneia's weakness and strongly adhere to life based on justice(tropos dikaios). Electra who had kept Orestes safe prayed Orestes homecoming in front of the tomb of Agamemnon. After their reunion She transfer the memory of Agamemnon and cheer and help the revenge of Orestes. She kept median between Iphigeneia and Klytimenestra and her action was active in the allowance. All three characters gave some paradeigmatic role women to ordinary citizen in Athens, which enhanced understanding of women and their attitude on women's education.