Question
An Iris Murdoch poem about a “class” on this play teases a three-volume commentary on this play by Eduard Fraenkel. This play is the source of a saying in its original language that “there is no wisdom without pain.” A woman in this play chastises the chorus for believing a herald but not her “victory-howl.” This play’s title character inspired Civil War general Ezra Mannon in The Homecoming, the first play in a cycle by (*) Eugene O’Neill. This play’s protagonist is persuaded by his wife to walk on a carpet of red robes, foreshadowing that she will stab him and his lover Cassandra to death in the bathtub, an act that drives the plot of this play’s sequel, The Libation Bearers. For 10 points, name this play in which Clytemnestra murders the title king of Mycenae, the first play of Aeschylus’s Oresteia. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Robert Crawley | Warwick A | Cambridge B | 76 | 10 |
Albert Nyang | LSE A | Southampton | 79 | -5 |
Seraphina Charlotte Foo | Cambridge A | Warwick B | 98 | 10 |
Kevin Flanagan | Bristol | Warwick C | 135 | 10 |
Andy Huff | LSE B | Imperial B | 140 | -5 |
Cormac Stephenson | Southampton | LSE A | 142 | 0 |
Summary
2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 93.67 |
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 50% | 111.75 |
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 100% | 17% | 50% | 112.17 |
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 74.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 135.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 8 | 75% | 13% | 25% | 98.67 |
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 50% | 104.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 75% | 142.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 60% | 0% | 40% | 103.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 75% | 25% | 0% | 99.33 |
2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 86.67 |
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 109.00 |
2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 80% | 125.00 |