• Why have the Egyptian women (the Danaids) fled to Argos?

• What right do the women claim for refuge in Argos?

• What reasons does Pelasgos give to challenge the Danaids' claim?

• What last resort do the Danaids plan to take if the Argives refuse them refuge?

• What is at stake for Pelasgos, and what is tragic about it?

• What command does Danaos give his daughters near the end of the play, why?

• What position do the Handmaidens take on the issue the Danaids' actions?

• What are the major themes of the drama?

Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides

• How does the play address national leaders' reasons for going to war?

• How does Agamemnon initially respond to the message from the Oracle of Delphi?

• What reasons does Agamemnon give for insisting that they go through with the sacrifice of Iphigenia?

• What is Achilles' position on the proposed sacrifice of Iphigenia and how Agamemnon got Clytemnestra to bring her to Aulis?

• What is Menelaus' attitude toward the sacrifice of Iphigenia? Is he consistent? What changes for him?

• What are Iphigenia's contradictory responses to her planned sacrifice?

• What is the central conflict of Iphigenia at Aulis?

• What are the major themes of the drama?