The cover page is adapted from Orestes Pursued by the Furies, a painting completed in 1862 by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William-Adolphe_Bouguereauwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Eumenides
Chapters (2)
- Introduction 0:00
- The Eumenides 18:04
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In Aeschylus’ The Eumenides, the final play of the Oresteia trilogy, Orestes is tormented by the Furies after avenging his father, Agamemnon, by killing his mother, Clytemnestra. Seeking refuge at the temple of Apollo in Delphi, he is guided to Athens, where he faces trial for his actions. The goddess Athena intervenes, establishing a court to judge Orestes, symbolizing the shift in Greece from personal vendetta to a structured legal system.