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The Eumenides
The Eumenides | Aeschylus
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The Eumenides is the final play of the Oresteia, in which Orestes is hunted down and tormented by the Furies, a trio of goddesses known to be the instruments of justice. He pleads with the goddess Athena for help and she responds by setting up a trial for him in Athens on the Areopagus.
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The Eumenides | Aeschylus
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Rats.

An ancient Greek playwright goes to a tailor to get some trousers fixed.

The tailor looks at the trousers and says, “Euripides?”

The playwright nods. “Yeah. Eumenides?”

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The Eumenides is the third of the linked plays that brings Aeschylus' The Oresteia to an end. Orestes is pursued by the Furies after he slays his mother, & the voice in his ear doling out advice comes from Apollo, who both encouraged Orestes to kill his mother & now tells him to purify himself of his mother's blood. Wise Athena shows up, the Furies are made to consider, & democracy & the process of justice start to take shape. An engrossing finale

batsy & one that makes a case for the "old gods" being increasingly unable to properly adjudicate on human matters. Yet, it takes a god to put in place mechanism that is still the bedrock of modern methods of justice in most societies. I keep saying this about all of the "older" stuff I read, from Shakespeare to Greek tragedies, but the questions they ask have never stopped being relevant. 3y
batsy Painting: "Orestes Pursued by the Furies", John Singer Sargent (1921) 3y
nathandrake1997 Exquisite review ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 3y
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batsy @nathandrake1997 Thank you! 💜 3y
Suet624 Your reviews are always so informative. 3y
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vivastory Your posts on the Greek tragedies have been bringing back great memories of when I binge read them years ago. I just stumbled upon the following in my library database while searching for NYRB Books. Thought you might be interested,... 3y
batsy @vivastory Thanks for the rec! I've had my eye on his memoir The Odyssey. I'm greatly enjoying going through the Greek plays & this is a reading challenge I hope to see to its completion this year! 3y
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