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The Eumenides is the third part of Aeschylus' great trilogy, the Oresteia. It has been said that Athens left the world two masterpieces of surpassing beauty: the Parthenon and the Oresteia. Aeschylus was the great father of drama in the West, and this trilogy provides the bulk of what we know about…

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The Eumenides" the Furies assert that murdering one's husband is not as bad as murdering one's mother because husband and wife are not "flesh and blood" (240). Why does Apollo disagree with the Furies?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Apr 11, 2012 8:44 AM
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Discuss the transformation of the furies into the eumendies, how does this transformation affect the opposition between kinship and politics in the play?
Posted by terry t #242305
Last updated by: dejan l #242625 on Apr 11, 2012 5:28 AM
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the relationship between kinship and politics in the play
Posted by soso k #202291
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Apr 10, 2012 9:48 AM
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Is freuds assertion that humans are unavoidably prone to aggression a plausable argument?
Posted by terry t #242305
Last updated by: terry t #242305 on Apr 09, 2012 10:33 PM
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Apollo’s claim in The Eumenides that mothers are not true parents. What does his assertion tell us about gender relations in ancient Greece?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Apr 09, 2012 8:01 PM
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Eumenides and the Persians
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 26, 2011 9:25 PM
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reconciling opposites
Posted by jannette h #63565
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Nov 04, 2011 10:05 PM
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Is Orestes justified in killing his mother? Why or why not
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Last updated by: Aslan on Aug 18, 2011 1:11 PM
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Is Orestes justified in killing his mother? why or why not? (make sure your answer is based on speific textual evidence from reading)
Posted by tia n #174303
Last updated by: nicole l #175089 on Mar 21, 2011 2:43 AM
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In "The Eumenides" the Chorus asserts that husband and wife are not kin. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Posted by melanie b #173957
Last updated by: sean s #174115 on Mar 14, 2011 6:09 PM
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