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Name: The Eumenides
Author: Aeschylus

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Drama

InAeschylus’The Eumenides, the final play of theOresteia trilogy, Orestes is tormented by the Furies after avenging his father, Agamemnon, by killing his mother, Clytemnestra. Seeking refuge at the temple of Apollo in Delphi, he is guided to Athens, where he faces trial for his actions. The goddess Athena intervenes, establishing a court to judge Orestes, symbolizing the shift in Greece from personal vendetta to a structured legal system.

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CHAPTERS

Introduction

We have seen in the Agamemnon how the law that “The doer must suffer,” or that Sin must bring Punishment, is mainly envisaged by the most primitive Greek tradition as a form of the blood-feud. It is b...

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Dramatis Personae

The Pythian Prophetess Orestes The God Apollo The Goddess Pallas Athena The Ghost of Clytemnestra Chorus of Furies (Eumenides) Chorus of Athenian Citizens...

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The Eumenides

The Scene represents the front of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi; great doors at the back lead to the inner shrine and the central Altar. The Pythian Prophetess is standing before the Doors.4 Prophete...

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Endnotes

See Rise of the Greek Epic, Edn. 3, p. 276 ff. ↩ Five Stages of Greek Religion, Chapter II. ↩ See the last verses of the play. On the political circumstances which gave point to the poet’s doctrine of...

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