Orestes

concern about how it could get corrupted. The way some citizens would stay oppressed while others stood on their work. Such corrupt systems in the future did in fact defile the motions of liberty America started on. Free American thinkers such as Orestes Brownson and Fredrick Douglas criticized the way America was taking itself. With the power going…

one hand Oresteia as a tragedy endorses democracy and Orestes as an immediate ideal upholder of it but it also makes us realise how crucial it is to get rid of rulers like Clytaemmestra , Aegisthus and Agamemnon to establish law and order in the society.This shift from rulers like Clytaemnestra ,Agamemnon and Aegisthus to Orestes itself demonstrates the shift towards a Democratic Athens.The necessity of this shift is explicit in Chorus’s…

Phillip Vellacott translated four plays by Euripides articulately in Medea and Other Plays. Each of the plays in Medea and Other Plays, Euripides portrayed the duel sides of the greatness of Athens, in which Athenians in their actions were the opposite of their aspirations, cruel yet generosity, dishonest yet cruel truthfulness, revengeful yet honored justice. Three of the plays look to Athens for redemption while they are set in other cities: Medea in Corinth, Electra in Argos, and Heracles…

Odysseus; however, he knew what stories he needed to tell Telemachus. The king of Pylos recalled and narrated the story of Agamemnon's demise and the vengeance of his son, Orestes. This epic digression describes that, upon returning home, Agamemnon was killed by Aegisthus. Aegisthus had an affair with Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra. Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, avenged his father. The entire purpose of the narration can be summarized…

In both Greek and Roman mythology, Furies were known as spirits of justice and revenge. They are known by the Greeks as Erinyes, meaning the “angry ones” and are also known to attack people who have murdered family members and punish them by driving them mad for their horrendous deed. Furies, also had the job of torturing and punishing the damned and wrongdoers in the Underworld--the homes of the Furies.Other myths say that Furies were three sisters, created by the the blood of Uranus that fell…

According to Walter Burkert, historian of Greek Religion, “myth is a traditional tale with secondary, partial reference to something of collective importance”, meaning that, myths were told and used for the specific purpose of informing the cumulative population of certain events, ideas, and or lessons. Myths were pre-scientific ways the Greeks used to explain natural phenomenon and were often tales of morality; acting as the guide of how people should behave and conduct themselves within social…

While the Erineyes are drawn to Orestes scent by the blood of his slain mother, setting foot in Athens, a symbol of civilization and development in Greece, means that things proceed differently. While they may want to continue acting in accordance with the adult ego-feeling, Athena intervenes…

to defend the holiness of the filial bond, clearly declared by the Furies once they catch up with Orestes at Athena's shrine: "Every mortal who outraged god or guest or loving parent: / each receives the pain his pains exact" (Eumenides, 269-70). Clytemnestra does not invite the wrath of the Furies for killing Agamemnon, for" that murder would not destroy one's flesh and blood" (Eumenides, 210). Orestes, on the opposite hand, is unrelentingly chased by these ancient deities, who will stop only…

famous mathematician. She was tutored by her father in Athens around the year 400. She was murdered by a mob of Christians, they were also referred to Parabolani after being accused of exacerbating a conflict between the governor whose name was Orestes and the bishop of Alexandria whose name was Cyril. But not all Christians despised her, some even used her as a symbolic virtue to many historians. Hypatia tutored many pupils, one's name was Synesius. She tutored…

Textual Analysis Purgatory is where “the human spirit purges himself, and climbing to Heaven makes himself worthy”(The World of Dante). In Dante, Purgatory is divided into three sections called Antepurgatory, Purgatory Proper, and Earthly Paradise. Inside purgatory the upper part of the mountain contains seven terraces, each consisting of one of the seven capital sins (The World of Dante). After visiting the first terrace, that of the prideful, Dante the pilgrim and Virgil arrive at the second…