HUMA 1825 : HUMA 1825 Review.docx
12 Dec 2013
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Quotes : be persuaded not to bear this burden of grief you were not defeated. : athena said this to the furies after they lost the trial. Then the killer would not be spilling kindred blood (line 212) The chorus is speaking to apollo and telling him that when a wife kills a husband it is not kindred blood. So you would rather be called just than act justly? (line 430: athena is saying this to the furies. I have proof that there can be a father without a mother (line 662: apollo talking to the furies is saying this about zeus and his daughter athena who is said to have come out of his skull. Law and order for the furies is about fear. Question is whether killing his mother was a crime. Athena wants a golden mean result making both sides happy finding a balance for the furies and orestes.
