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The Eumenides
by Aeschylus
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At Orestes trial, Athene casts her ballot in favor of Orestes. Her vote will decide Orestes' fate if the jurors are tied. This event is followed a moment of suspense, as Orestes frets about what the verdict will be and the ballots are counted....
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Orestes committed matricide by killing his mother Clytemnestra to avenge the murder of his father, Agamemnon.
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Athena and Apollo can be said to have saved Orestes only indirectly by taking him to Athens where other agents perform the task Apollo himself could not fulfill alone.
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