Eumenides

The chorus’s perspective of justice works differently in Euripides’ Medea and Aeschylus’ The Libation Bearers. In both The Libation Bearers and Medea, the driving force of vengeance links the chorus to each of the play’s protagonists. For both plays, the choruses begin with a strong support of their heroes with a belief that the course of action that those characters are pursuing for the sake of avenging the wrongs done to them or their families is just and right. The chorus of Medea, however

and Clytemnestra, Orestes and Electra, who (with some urging from Apollo) avenge the death of their father by killing both Aegisthus and their own mother. The Furies, enraged by Orestes’ violation of the filial bond, pursue his punishment. The Eumenides covers the taming of the Furies, the reconciliation of the dominant opposing forces in the trilogy, the establishment of Athena’s court of law, and, as J. J. Pollitt argues, “brings us out of the earlier dark irrationality into what seems an enlightened

Have you ever wondered how many greek gods and goddesses(immortals) there really are or about how they came to be? It is a fact that there are over 60 of them,but the twelve major ones are called the olympians. Most people have probably heard of them at some point in time. Not only are there immortal gods and goddesses, but also there are mortals(half bloods) that became immortal because of something they did. The first two immortals were hera and zeus they were also brother and sister.Their mother

The Oresteia and Oedipus Trilogy have characters that either emotionally engage you to feel sympathy and sorrow while they go through troubles or make you want to detest them on basis of their character. The character that tugs at your heart strings the most between these works is Antigone. The character between the Oresteia and the Oedipus trilogy that evokes contempt rather than sympathy is Clytemnestra. Antigone is a tragic character whose fathers’ curse compounds itself on the city and her family

Ancient Greece was a patriarchal society, meaning that their social system was one in which men were the primary holders of power. Within Ancient Greek society, women were unable to take part in government or own assets. This included the ability to vote, having input on societal changes, or owning land. In times of war, women were often treated more as a commodity than human. Women were viewed only as objects of procreation, living their lives completely in the control of their father or husband

The Oresteia and Oedipus Trilogy have characters that either emotionally engage you to feel sympathy or sorrow for them while they go through troubles. There are also characters in these works that make you want to detest them on the basis of their character, actions, or behavior. The character that tugs at my heart strings the most between the works of Aeschylus and Sophocles is Antigone. The character between the Oresteia and the Oedipus trilogy that evokes contempt or anger is Clytemnestra. Antigone

Justice and Social Order in The Oresteia   Democracy, emerging in the city-state of Athens, allowed unprecedented power to her citizens. Among these new powers was the ability to legislate. Yet, legislation was not without its problems. First the citizens must agree upon what is just and unjust, and then enforce the law by bringing the unjust to reconcile their guilt with the public through trial, and finally dispense the appropriate penalty. This evolution was not without concern. The Greeks

The courageous person and the cowardly person aren't simply black and white. Fearlessness does not necessarily go hand in hand with bravery, and fear does not immediately qualify a person as cowardly. Aristotle, in Nicomachean Ethics, has many guidelines when it comes to what makes a person brave or not, and what can appear as bravery on the surface may not actually be what it seems. This very truth is evident in the Greek tragedy The Oresteia by Aeschylus, specifically in The Liberation Bearers

the grace of God, go we. Agamemnon Unending Vengeance In the plays to come we will no doubt see much of the same. That behavior is what humanity seems to thirst for, as we are blood thirsty people without God. The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides, will surely offer -in other ways and by other means- much of the same ‘worst of humanity’ that we saw in this play. More nets, more people who live in this life only without regard for the afterlife. At some point, like the Capulets and Montagues

The stories that as a whole make up the body of ancient Greek mythology have treatedthe complex subject of women in various ways. Although women are generally considered to beweak and subordinate to their husbands, there exist some examples of strong, even heroic womenin certain myths. Such “extraordinary” women include Deianeira, Phaedra, Medea, Penelope,and Clytemnestra, among others. This discussion of women will focus on the latter two,comparing and contrasting them and addressing the ways in