Aristotles The Poetics

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pain and suffering of sacrificing his daughter and then watch, his people die at a war fought over a woman. The tragedy of the war is briefly described in the beginning of the play. The audience feels a great deal of pity for the young men that died and the families that suffered the loss of a loved one. The reason for the war was meaningless. It was fought to win back a woman.
The arousal of fear is provoked in the audience when Cassandra gives the description of the murdered of the children of Thyestes being eaten by their father. It also illustrates the magnitude of the tragedy. Fear is induced in the reader when Cassandra describes the scene.
Their hands filled with their own flesh, as food to eat. I see them holding out their inward parts, the vitals, oh pitiful, that meat their father tasted of…. (44)
The children were described as being eaten by "those who were most dear to them (Aeschylus 44)" (their father Thyestes). They were innocent children that loved ...

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