Charter Myths Research Paper

The primary text, On the Murder of Eratosthenes, chronicles the speech of Euphiletus, an Athenian man, in his defense for killing Eratosthenes of Oe in Attica, after discovering him in an act of adultery with his wife. The speech begins by providing an early narration of the marriage of Euphiletus and his wife. According to Euphiletus, he kept a watchful eye on his wife, until he gradually relinquished control having gained trust in her--a fatal flaw. Whilst attending his mother’s funeral with his wife (one of the few public events attended by Athenian women), she is glimpsed by Eratosthenes; who then seduces her, and continues out his affair with her. After several suspicious events, Euphiletus, finally confronts a servant-girl who after being threatened reveals the affair. Having learned of Eratosthenes presence in his home one night, Euphiletus slips out of his house, collects his friends, and returns home, where he murders Euphiletus. Overall, Euphiletus’ testimony is an insightful document that not only illuminates Athenian law, but also the inner workings of private Greek life, and the lives of those often forgotten--women.

Another dilemma there is the one day trials and variable jury size. When someone would be convicted of a crime the Athenians would have a trial until sunset and by then the jury would have reached a verdict. The jury was also a problem because of the size of it. They weren't always constant and therefore did not have consistent trials.

A myth is a symbolic way of expressing truths and beliefs that are accepted by society. Myths, which are reading literature that is imaginative, teach truths that may not always have a basis for historical fact. Myths, which communicate ideas in story form, are creative stories that explain and teach religious truths of sin and consequence.

Athena herself participates in the judgement not as an unbiased arbiter of justice, but as a participant in the conflict who compromises and gains advantage from the consequences of her judgment just as Apollo, Orestes, and the Erinyes did. Athena judges with the interest of Athens, her city, in mind. When her judgment releases Orestes, he promises that "if they [his descendants] always honor this city of Pallas with the spear of allies,

Myth – Is a cultural featured folklore story of some early history regarding a supernatural phenomenon or wild belief. Myths are often told by people in order to explain a particular history or the origin of a custom. This can include contexts to a story that is over exaggerated or truthful in some perspectives. For example, the folklore history of “Bloody Mary” and saying her name three times will make her appear.

All the people of Athens were judged equally and fairly. Working men, ladies, and every other person living in Athens were judged as equals. “If we look at the laws, they

The proposed addiment to secure our police protection does not exist in the charter reform. The added propagates a portrait unlike our fire department that our police department has secured a sacred canopy. Our current charter protected fire, and after years of abuse fire capitulated to the county. Our existing charter established a safety net for fire, however; shred to bits by brainchild county's CEO and LAFCO handmaiden to add taxes without public representation. The city's will to remove police adds millions to the general fund to lavish extravagance to a few. The police vulnerable must voice support to the public and cease the detrimental action of a future exit. The city observed and scrutinized the lethargy to exit fire, tax on property, and liquidate responsibility adding to the general fund. Now,

Greek mythology and Asclepius was a minor deity and offspring of a mortal, who became the physician to the soldiers wounded on the battlefields at Troy, even though researchers look at Hippocrates to be the founder of medicine as a science.

In 399 BC, when he was seventy years old, Socrates was called into court by three men: Meletus, a poet, Anytus, a politician, and Lycon, an orator. The specific charges were impiety (namely that he did not believe in the gods of Athens, and instead had introduced new gods), and corruption of the youth of the city. The account of Socrates’ trial is preserved in the Apology by Plato, a dialogue that ought not to be considered a verbatim report of Socrates’ defense but rather a literary work that, nonetheless, represents the basic arguments presented. The trial of Socrates, purportedly, lasted only a single day, ending in a pronouncement of guilt and a death sentence. Yet, the scrutiny over this controversial decision continues unabated to this day as many feel the trial was unjust, even under Athenian law.

Apollo goes to even greater lengths, he threatens, “I command you to fear…from Zeus and me” (Lines 713-714), when that was of no avail, he bribes the jury, hinting that he treats well, “the man who shows [him] worship” (Line 725). In similar fashion, before the jurors vote Athena herself exclaims to the jurors, “I am always for the male” (Line 737). The ballot vote for Orestes’ fate was, “In equal number for each side” (Line 751), perhaps this number of jurors was another coy by Athena to choose the verdict that would align with her

Justice and court cases in Athenian democracy had become a place for taking revenge during Socrates trial. A trial in Athens was a speech competition in which opposing parties gave speeches to persuade the general public, in other words the jury of 500, that you had the magic in your words to win your case. Socrates’ accusers charge him of many official and unofficial charges; such as corrupting the youth and making the smaller argument larger. However, Socrates was not guilty of any of the charges made against him, mainly because they were made out of hatred towards Socrates and the new philosophy of life that Socrates had unveiled to the naked eye of the, “men of Athens” (Apology, 18b). Once Socrates finds out about his wisdom he sets out to test it, by asking various people of Athens, questions about the philosophy of life, virtue, and wisdom.

    The beginning of the progression from darkness to light can initially be seen in the second play of the trilogy, The Libation Bearers. Orestes is the embodiment of this light, a beacon signalling a possible end in the evil that has infected the house of Atreus. It is true that Orestes, in revenge for Agamemnon, kills his mother Clytaemestra. Yet the darkness that is expected from such a murder, a matricide, is negated by one of the main reasons that Orestes commits the murder: his fear of the wrath of Apollo, who has ordered him to commit the deadly act. Aeschylus provides Orestes with a justification for his action in the form of the oracle from Apollo. For not only does Orestes' murder of his mother fail to differ greatly from Clytaemestra's murder of Agamemnon, but it can in fact be seen as a worse crime because of the blood ties. Therefore, in order to convincingly prove his assertion that Orestes is justified in killing his mother, Aeschylus must include the order from Apollo, who by no mere coincidence is the god of light. With the divine support of the light god on his side, Orestes is the beginning of the progressive illumination towards goodness and order in the Oresteia.

And jurors all in silence recognize this court / Which I ordain today in Perpetuity / That now and always justice may be well discerned" (571-574). This quote exemplifies the importance of justice in society. It displays how justice must always be recognized in a matter of life or death. Within the trial, Orestes says that it was Apollo's oracle that commanded him to kill his mother. Ultimately, justice prevails, for Orestes is acquitted. One can conclude that it would not be just to punish Orestes because he was advised by Apollo to kill his mother.

Apollo sends Orestes to visit the goddess Athena for judgment in the case of him murdering his mother because the furies continue to

Myths differ from other kinds of signifiers. For one thing, they are never arbitrary. They always contain some kind of analogy, which motivates them. Motivation is necessary to the very duplicity of myth: myth plays on the analogy between meaning and form. There is no myth without motivated form. In contrast to ideas of false consciousness, Myth doesn’t hide things, it distorts them. It alienates the history of the