Eumenides
Εὐμενίδες
A classic of antiquity. First published 457 BC, written in Ancient Greek
The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies.
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Where it is set
- Areopagus
Greece
By having his story being resolved by a judgment of the Areopagus, Aeschylus may be expressing his approval of this reform. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
Its heirs
Later works that draw on Eumenides.
Mourning Becomes ElectraGreat book
Eugene O'Neill, AD 1931
In Aeschylus the Furies are appeased and Orestes goes free. O'Neill's last play, The Haunted, refuses that release: guilt drives Orin to suicide, and Lavinia shuts herself in the Mannon house with its dead.
Source: Wikipedia, Mourning Becomes Electra
“Much like the Aeschylus plays Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides, these three plays by O'Neill are correspondingly titled Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted, respectively.” Read it there
