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Agamemnon has been at war in Troy for a decade. In that time, his wife Clytemnestra has plotted revenge against him. However, when he arrives, she pretends to be relieved at his homecoming. She orders that purple carpets be laid in front of him, so that when he steps down from the chariot, he will not touch the ground, but instead be honored like a god as he walks into the house. At first, Agamemnon refuses such an action, as it is prideful and an affront to the gods, but Clytemnestra is
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CLYTEMNESTRA: Sweet lord, step forth,
Step from thy car, I pray-nay, not on earth
Plant the proud foot, O king, that trod down Troy!
Women! why tarry ye, whose task it is
To spread your monarch's path with tapestry?
Swift, swift, with purple strew his passage fair,
That justice lead him to a home, at last,
He scarcely looked to see. (The
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