CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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Page 67
... Aeschylus ' Eumenides and Euripides ' Orestes . The god's justice is subjected to some question in the latter play ; in two other of Euripides ' plays about O- restes , Electra and Iphigeneia among the Taurians ; and in his Ion — or at ...
... Aeschylus ' Eumenides and Euripides ' Orestes . The god's justice is subjected to some question in the latter play ; in two other of Euripides ' plays about O- restes , Electra and Iphigeneia among the Taurians ; and in his Ion — or at ...
Page 71
... Aeschylus identified these deities as the Erinyes , who were probably associated with the working - out of curses . In a myth intended to ex- plain the name , Ares was said to have been the first person to be tried there for murder . In ...
... Aeschylus identified these deities as the Erinyes , who were probably associated with the working - out of curses . In a myth intended to ex- plain the name , Ares was said to have been the first person to be tried there for murder . In ...
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... Aeschylus ' tragedy Eumenides recounts the manner in which Athena forced the Erinyes to cease persecuting Orestes and persuaded them to give up their primitive functions as bringer of retribution in favor of new roles as the gracious ...
... Aeschylus ' tragedy Eumenides recounts the manner in which Athena forced the Erinyes to cease persecuting Orestes and persuaded them to give up their primitive functions as bringer of retribution in favor of new roles as the gracious ...
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