HUM-8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Matricide, Homicide, Ath
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Points from actual history (not myth!: before peloponnesian war, athens v. sparta tension, democratic reaction against aristocrats, treaty with argos (an enemy of sparta, democratic changes to court system 462-461, ephialtes: the areopagus court, cp. Remember that : o was subject to family curse: a is god of purification and. Delphi is advice-center for ritual justice of zeus (via apollo) vs. older justice: prologue c: clytemnestra and furies read her long speech pp. 87-88: on what grounds does she appeal to the furies, i am dishonored bcs of you , no divine power is angry on my account , you have no pity for my suffering (line 125) I made night-sacrifices for you, shared by no other god: parados: furies awake, singing, son of zeus there! Young god against old, you have ridden me down; and the suppliant has your respect, a man godless and harsh to his parents; you stole the matricide away--you, a god!
