The Eumenides

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The Eumenides is the third play in Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy, dramatizing Orestes’ trial in Athens and the transformation of the vengeful Furies into benevolent protectors of justice.

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Label Occurrences
Eumenides 10
The Eumenides canonical 6
Aeschylus' Eumenides 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
alternativeTitle Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
author Aeschylus ⓘ
awarded first prize at the City Dionysia of 458 BC ⓘ
centralEvent trial of Orestes in Athens ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
depicts transformation of the Furies into the Eumenides ⓘ
dramaticStructure choral tragedy with episodes and stasima ⓘ
featuresInstitution Areopagus court ⓘ
linked to: Areopagus
firstPerformanceDate 458 BC ⓘ
firstPerformanceFestival City Dionysia ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Athens ⓘ
focusesOn absolution of matricide ⓘ
follows The Libation Bearers ⓘ
linked to: Oresteia
genre Athenian tragedy ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasCharacterType chorus of chthonic deities ⓘ
hasDeityCharacter Apollo ⓘ
Athena ⓘ
The Furies ⓘ
linked to: Erinyes
influenced later conceptions of legal justice in Western literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Greek literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Apollo ⓘ
Athena ⓘ
Orestes ⓘ
The Chorus of Furies ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides

The Furies ⓘ
linked to: Erinyes
mythologicalBasis House of Atreus cycle ⓘ
Orestes myth ⓘ
narrativeOutcome Orestes acquitted by tied jury and Athena’s vote ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Greek title: Εὐμενίδες ⓘ
partOf Oresteia ⓘ
positionInSeries third play in the Oresteia trilogy ⓘ
precedes no further play in the Oresteia ⓘ
prequel The Libation Bearers ⓘ
linked to: Oresteia
sequelTo The Libation Bearers ⓘ
linked to: Oresteia
setting Athens ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ
symbolizes shift from personal revenge to civic institutions of justice ⓘ
theme conflict between old gods and new gods ⓘ
divine intervention in human justice ⓘ
establishment of the rule of law ⓘ
justice ⓘ
transition from blood vengeance to civic law ⓘ
trilogyCompanionWork Agamemnon ⓘ
The Libation Bearers ⓘ
linked to: Oresteia

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oresteia → hasPart → The Eumenides ⓘ
subject linked to: Aeschylus
Erinyes → alsoKnownAs → Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
Erinyes → cultTitle → Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
Clytemnestra → appearsIn → Aeschylus' The Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
Oresteia → consistsOf → The Eumenides ⓘ
Oresteia → thirdPart → The Eumenides ⓘ
Orestes → centralCharacterIn → The Eumenides ⓘ
Colonus → worshippedDeity → Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
The Eumenides → mainCharacter → The Chorus of Furies ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
The Eumenides → alternativeTitle → Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
Semnai Theai → linkedTo → Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
Semnai Theai → sometimesIdentifiedWith → Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
Semnai Theai → mentionedIn → Aeschylus' Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion → inspiredBy → Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
The Kindly Ones → alternativeName → The Eumenides arc ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
Oedipus at Colonus → featuresDeity → Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
Atreid saga → relatedToWork → The Eumenides ⓘ
sanctuary of the Eumenides at Colonus → dedicatedTo → Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
sanctuary of the Eumenides at Colonus → epithetOfDeities → Eumenides ⓘ
linked to: The Eumenides
Εὐμενίδες → titleInEnglish → The Eumenides ⓘ