We have developed this excellent Eumenides Study Guide which includes The Full LengthText by Aeschylus, a Eumenides Summary, and a Eumenides Overview. The play is part of The Oresteia and is also known as Erinyes.
Please browse the links below and to the right for our in-depth Eumenides Study Guide. In this site you will learn much about this classic and ingenious Greek Tragedy. It is a remarkable story with famous characters such as Orestes, Hermes, Apollo, Athene, and more. Many commentators and scholars see the play as one that resolves many challenges, and in its final lines glorifies the great Athenian civilization and their rule of law. On the surface, it is true that the Rule of Law “wins” and that the old menacing gods are changed into a “kindly” deity that protects the city of Athens. Please read to learn more about this universally appealing play.
Eumenides Summary and Analysis of Lines 1-139
Eumenides Summary and Analysis of Lines 140-234
Eumenides Summary and Analysis of Lines 235-565
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Eumenides Summary and Analysis of Lines 754-1047
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