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Non Est's avatar

The Latin ‘Eumenides’ should always be the default, so as to invite the quip “Euripides trousers, Eumenides trousers!”

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Kareem Korayem's avatar

Beautifully done! Loved reading this post

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Chris's avatar
4dEdited

As Sir Thomas More puts it in “A Man for All Seasons” puts it: “and when the devil turns round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat”

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Alycia Williams's avatar

Didn't he have to build a Temple to Athena before the Furies became the Graces? Good post.

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James's avatar

Nah, they have the trial in the temple of Athena where Orestes was seeking shelter, then Athena strikes a deal with them after the trial, where they go and dwell in the caves beneath the temple as the Eumenides.

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Trystan's avatar

Yeah, maybe glorifying the wild west and blood fueds might not be great.

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James's avatar

It's not the best model for a political community ngl

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