The Oresteia

-252 murder cant be a private matter b/c how we deal w/ it in society is a

question for society to answer as a whole if s.o we love is murdered, we act
passionately and think illogically and irrationally this matter cannot be resolved
privately for it moves into the public domain in that more ppl die in bloodshed
due to vendetta
-253 this dispute is a crisis - LINE 496 this is startling for this god doesnt see
a resolution to this crisis in a way she has been defeated.
-253 the founding myth of the Areopagus/the law courts.
-253 also tells us the formula of a sort of how to conduct a trial
-254-255 the Furies accept the trial, and Athenas mediation in this dilemma,
but they warn that if the trial doesnt bring justice, they will unleash themselves
on the world.
-Apollo argues that marriage is more imp than blood Zeus killed his father and
he wasnt punished Orestes should not share a diff fate
-if you had done s.t wrong, you were polluted and corrupted those around them
-Apollo claims that the mother is not the reason for a childs life and blood, but
rather the father as shown in the present of Athena, born of Zeus.
-the truth is s.t contested, it is independent on us.
-LINES 692-694 PG 262 extremely imp as show he move from the private
sphere to the pub sphere
-Worship the Mean reach the middle point reach it through putting aside
emotion and thinking logically by using rationality dont let emotion wet the
passions
- LINE 806
-she tells the Furies that the vote was just and fair a tie and that though
Orestes will go free, he will live with the grief and guilt for what he has done for
the rest of his life.
-LINE 843 talks about reconciling the old gods with the new gods
-THE MOVEMENT FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC [GODS]
-LINE 985-986
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