Aristotle defines Greek tragedy by the presence of a ‘great mistake’ performed by the protagonist due to particular flaws, which leads to an inevitable sequence of events. One of the flaws is that of Hubris, the capital sin of pride, and thus the antithesis of two ethics that the Greeks valued highly. Aidos (humble reverence for the law) and Sophrosyne (self-restraint, a sense of proper limits). In Greek Literature, hubris often afflicted rulers and conquerors …showed first 75 words of 1193 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1193 total…since the killing of his daughter. He suffered the ultimate misfortune in death. Aeschylus’ Agamemnon compliments Aristotle’s definition of what characterizes a tragedy very appropriately. Agamemnon performed an action, a ‘great mistake’ and therefor suffered the consequences by being involved in an uninterrupted sequence of events, which lead to his death. The play concurs exactly with the Poetic and follows the description to a point. As Clytaemnestra said it “What we did was destiny” (1692).