Read the prologue, parados, and first episode (lines 1-328).
Common Core Objectives
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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Lines 1-101
The scene is set before the royal palace in Mycenae. An aged servant named Paedagogus addresses Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, and Orestes' companion Pylades. Paedagogus informs Orestes that now that he has returned to Mycenae after years of fighting in Troy, he can finally witness the sights he...
