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Orestes | Euripides
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"Em seu Orestes, Eurípides recria o conjunto de desventuras que se seguem ao assassinato de Clitemnestra como vingança pela morte de Agamêmnon. Se nas Eumênides de Ésquilo o foco está na perseguição das Erínias, que buscam expiação pelo delito de Orestes cometido contra a própria mãe, aqui, Eurípides se volta para as consequências sociais do crime: Orestes e sua irmã Electra se encontram, em Argos, à espera do julgamento da assembleia, que provavelmente os condenará à morte. Há, contudo, uma esperança: depois de muitas dificuldades no retorno, Menelau finalmente consegue voltar à Grécia, podendo, assim, interceder em favor dos sobrinhos. Em meio aos delírios de Orestes, os planos de fuga de Electra e as variadas mudanças de rumo da trama, Eurípides constrói uma peça intrigante, que mais poderia ser chamada, diante de nossas concepções aristotélicas, de antitragédia, dedicada a trazer ambiguidade às soluções dramáticas de seus antecessores, quebrar expectativas e desconstruir convenções teatrais, levantando-nos uma série de questões: seriam as Erínias ou a loucura a perseguir Orestes? Diante do tamanho de seus infortúnios, conseguem os personagens manter sua grandeza? O que está a dizer o mensageiro frígio, em seu relato? Será razoável a intervenção de Apolo? A incerteza que permeia a peça, encenada pela primeira vez em 408 a.C., encontra paralelos na sociedade ateniense de seu tempo que, imersa na fase final da guerra do Peloponeso, estava fatigada e descrente de si mesma, à espera de um deus ex machina que lhe salvasse." - Bernardo Brandão
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AnishaInkspill
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This is not a leisurely read, it‘s alarming, bloody, angry and very anti-women. Orestes by Euripides is hardly produced for the stage today but worth a read if, like me, you‘re trying to put all the pieces together that makes mythology.

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batsy
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It's such a wild, uncontainable tragedy full of revenge, pain, guilt, & madness. How are these issues resolved in real life? It's impossible, & makes you understand why the ancient Greeks turned to the plot device of the deux ex machina. The otherworldly ethical solution seems to be the only way to get around the problem of sons killing mothers, wives killing husbands, & daughters either cheering the violence on or being subject to it.

batsy I read the translation by William Arrowsmith. Painting: Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (I like this painting quite a bit & I feel like I might have used it before 🤔) 2y
murfman @batsy are you going through all of the Greek tragedies, or just Euripides? His next play, The Bacchae, is my absolute favorite. 2y
batsy @murfman I'm reading along with this for the year because I'd always wanted to go through all of them http://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-ancient-greek-plays-in.htm... The Bacchae is up next week! I'm looking forward. 2y
murfman @batsy Oh what luck! That is awesome! I've never read all of the Greek Plays, but have a lot of them here in print. I can't wait for you to read The Bacchae! I've had to rewrite this like 4 times now. I'm finally deciding to not give anything away under the impression you are coming to it blind. I can't wait to hear what you think! 2y
batsy @murfman I've read it once during a classics course in uni but I don't know why I seem to have blocked it out. I do recall I had a week of nightmares when we did this and Medea. I'm greatly looking forward to revisiting this! 2y
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