AESCHYLUS (534-456) DISTINGUISHED AT MARATHON
ORESTEIN (458) FIRST PRIZE
DIONYSIA -> CHORUS MUSIC+SONG+DANCE
CURSE ON HOUSE OF ATREUS
PIETY TOWARD HOMERIC GODS
CASSANDRA STORY
COUNCIL OF AREOPAGUS STRIPPED OF ALL POWERS EXCEPT HOMICIDE COURT
PROBLEM INSOLUBLE BY TRADITIONAL VENDETTA
AGAMEMNON ->WATCHMAN
AG+CASSANDRA MURDERED BY CLYTEMNESTRA
AEGISTHUS GETS REVENGE
DAD, THESTES ATE 2 SONS
TRICKED BY BROTHER ATREUS (AG FATHER)
RED CARPET -> FOR GODS, NOT HUMANS
CASSANDRA THROWS DOWN STAFF/WREATH
CHORUS OLD MAN
LIBATION BEARERS
ORESTES RETURNS TO ARGOS YEARS LATER
MEETS ELECTRA, MOURNING
KILLS MOM
KILLS AEGISTHUS
?HESITATES W/MOM APOLLOS ORDERS
NURSE REVEALS CLYT HAPPY TO HEAR OF ORESTES DEATH
ORESTES 300-305
AEGISTHUS = SPIRIT OF WOMAN
EUMENIDES (KINDLY ONES) [FURIES? INSIDE OR OUT?]
FURIES CAUSE CHILDREN TO FAINT + WOMEN MISCARRY IN AUDIENCE
FURIES OLD/APOLLO + ATHENA YOUNG
PURSUE ORESTES
HE ESCAPES TO ATHENS W/HELP OF APOLLO
CLYT GHOST PUSHES FURIES
ORESTES ASKS ATHENAS HELP
SHE SETS UP A TRIAL ON THE AEREOPAGUS
JURY=12 ATHENIAN CITIZENS
ATHENA BREAKS TIE, NOT GUILTY
SOOTHES FURIES ANGER
ENDS WITH A JOYOUS PROCESSION TO AREOPAGUS
ATHENA RULES: ALL MURDER TRIALS HELD IN AREOPAGUS
ATHENA HAS NO MOTHER -> NO MORE HOMERIC VENDETTA
WISDOM THROUGH SUFFERING
WISDOM THROUGH SUFFERING
Δ JUSTICE 1.0-2.0
LAW OVER REVENGE
TANTALUS -> TRIES TO FEED HIS SON, PELOPS, TO GODS
DISCOVERED
TANTALUS -> HADES
PELOPS REVIVED
LATER PELOPS CURSED BY MYRTILUS, A SON OF HERMÈS
PELOPES HAS 2 SONS, ATREUS + THYESTES
ATREUS’ WIFE HAS AFFAIR WITH THYESTES
SO ATREUS KILLS 2 SONS OF THYESTES
COOKS THEM + FEEDS THEM TO THYESTES
THYESTES IMPREGNATES HIS OWN DAUGHTER W/ AEGISTHUS
WHO CREATES CLYTOMENASTRAS PLAN TO KILL AG (SON OF ATREUS)