After the trial comes to an end, the votes are tied. He is also the object of the Furies, Apollo, and Athena. Here Orestes is used as a trial dummy by Athena to set-up the first courtroom trial. This trial is made up of a group of twelve Athenian citizens and is supervised by Athena. She responds by setting up a trial for him in Athens on the Areopagus. Seeing the Furies asleep, Clytemnestra's ghost comes to wake them up to obtain justice on her son Orestes for killing her.Īfter waking up, the Furies hunt Orestes again and when they find him, Orestes pleads to the goddess Athena for help. Through the intervention of Apollo, Orestes is able to escape them for a brief moment while they are asleep and head to Athens under the protection of Hermes. They relentlessly pursue Orestes for the killing of his mother. In this play, Orestes is hunted and tormented by the Furies, a trio of goddesses known to be the instruments of justice, who are also referred to as the "Gracious Ones" ( Eumenides). The final play of the Oresteia, called The Eumenides (Εὐμενίδες, Eumenídes), illustrates how the sequence of events in the trilogy ends up in the development of social order or a proper judicial system in Athenian society.
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