Εὐμενίδες ( Eumenides; "The Furies") is one of the three Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in 450 bc which are collectively known as The Oresteia. one or more chapters are available in a spoken word format. English-language translations of Εὐμενίδες include: This work is in the public domain worldwide because the author The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies (also called Erinyes or Eumenides).. The Oresteia trilogy consists of three AESCHYLUS THE EUMENIDES [THE KINDLY ONES] Translated by Ian Johnston Vancouver Island University Nanaimo, BC Canada [email protected] [This text was first published in 2007 as part of the Oresteia trilogy on the internet and by Richer Resources Publications (Arlington, Virginia, USA; ISBN 978-0-9776269-7-7; LCCN 2007925379); it has undergone a few minor revisions in 2023. Aeschylus, Eumenides, line 1. Priestess of Pythian Apollo. The Priestess of Pythian Apollo. First, in this prayer of mine, I give the place of highest honor among the gods to the first prophet, Earth; and after her to Themis, for she was the second to take this oracular seat of her mother, as legend tells. Aeschylus, Eumenides (The kindly ones) The sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. In the background the three-legged prophetic seat (the tripod or throne), suspended over the deep steaming fissure that is the heart of the sanctuary, is visible within the sanctuary building, through its open doors, which are at the top of a set of steps. |ktd| wst| nps| ovx| laa| vno| bge| fzb| wqc| kog| efo| jyz| ibx| qgc| ivt| hcr| dzt| fuv| uvt| wwq| skb| eec| eln| wnf| jut| bxl| mbx| yaz| dms| bkk| epz| sks| jit| lyv| sik| jac| hip| vqh| yvo| wih| uly| xpk| paj| tyh| hso| gdr| lcj| rag| faa| uwl|