Sophia Vietti
Ms. Hickey
Latin II
May 18th 2018
The oresteia and the Athenian legal system The Oresteia, an Ancient Greek manuscript, is a follow up of the book The Iphigenia and follows Agamemnon’s wife, Queen Clytemnestra, murder of Agamemnon after the Trojan war. The story of the Oresteia is a long Greek play made to explain the new Athenian legal system supposedly made by the goddess Athena in the third act of the play. The main idea of the Oresteia is that injustice and morality, as the blood must be eliminated if society is ever to attain to a high level of social organization. This can only be done by the introduction of a civic legal processes. The Oresteia is a three book trilogy of dramas by the ancient Greek writer Aeschylus. The first play from the oresteia was performed in 458 BC. The Oresteia itself is complex story about the Athena’s legal system, and how it came to be in Ancient Greece. The Oresteia is one of the last well known ancient dramas which was written by Aeschylus I well …show more content…
It is the only trilogy that survives complete.”
(https://public.wsu.edu/~hughesc/oresteia_summary.htm).
The story of the Oresteia is a long and complex three play story about the Athenian legal system that is introduced in the third and final play. The first two play consists of Agamemnon returning home after the Trojan war, he returns to his wife Queen Clytemnestra. By the end of the night Queen Clytemnestra has murdered Agamemnon in cold blood. The second play begins many years after this event when Clytemnestra sends her daughter and some slaves into the forest. Were Electra finds her Orestes electra's brother who was exiled from there home many years ago. Orestes explained that apollo's oracle sent him to kill his mother for killing his
Ms. Hickey
Latin II
May 18th 2018
The oresteia and the Athenian legal system The Oresteia, an Ancient Greek manuscript, is a follow up of the book The Iphigenia and follows Agamemnon’s wife, Queen Clytemnestra, murder of Agamemnon after the Trojan war. The story of the Oresteia is a long Greek play made to explain the new Athenian legal system supposedly made by the goddess Athena in the third act of the play. The main idea of the Oresteia is that injustice and morality, as the blood must be eliminated if society is ever to attain to a high level of social organization. This can only be done by the introduction of a civic legal processes. The Oresteia is a three book trilogy of dramas by the ancient Greek writer Aeschylus. The first play from the oresteia was performed in 458 BC. The Oresteia itself is complex story about the Athena’s legal system, and how it came to be in Ancient Greece. The Oresteia is one of the last well known ancient dramas which was written by Aeschylus I well …show more content…
It is the only trilogy that survives complete.”
(https://public.wsu.edu/~hughesc/oresteia_summary.htm).
The story of the Oresteia is a long and complex three play story about the Athenian legal system that is introduced in the third and final play. The first two play consists of Agamemnon returning home after the Trojan war, he returns to his wife Queen Clytemnestra. By the end of the night Queen Clytemnestra has murdered Agamemnon in cold blood. The second play begins many years after this event when Clytemnestra sends her daughter and some slaves into the forest. Were Electra finds her Orestes electra's brother who was exiled from there home many years ago. Orestes explained that apollo's oracle sent him to kill his mother for killing his