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The Eumenides

Aeschylus

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Series: The Oresteia Trilogy
Pages (PDF): 51
Publication Date: 458 B.C. This translation by E. D. A. Morshead, 1881

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Summary:

The Eumenides is the final play of the Oresteia, in which Orestes is hunted down and tormented by the Furies, a trio of goddesses known to be the instruments of justice. He pleads with the goddess Athena for help and she responds by setting up a trial for him in Athens on the Areopagus.