![]() ![]() A person can have a father and no mother, and as proof of this idea Apollo points to Athene, who was born from her father's skull instead of the womb of her mother. ![]() Apollo also argues for paternal rights, saying that the father, as the one who plants the seed, is the only true parent. Apollo cannot veil his disgust for the Furies as he argues that there is a great difference between shackling a man and murdering him. The Furies say that the Olympians are hypocritical for prioritizing the death of the father, for Zeus himself put his own father in shackles. When they accuse him of being guiltier than Clytaemestra because he killed someone of the same blood as himself, Orestes asks Apollo to guide his response.Īpollo argues with the Furies, implying that Zeus authorized Clytaemestra's death and describing in detail the way that Agamemnon was murdered. The Furies question Orestes about his mother's murder. ![]() Apollo enters, to testify on Orestes' behalf. She instructs the herald to blow his trumpet, so that all of the citizens of Athens will watch the proceedings, which will form the basis of the court for all time. ![]() (Lines 566-753)Īthene re-enters, with the jury of twelve citizens and a herald. From the re-entrance of Athene with jurors and herald to the reading of the verdict. ![]()
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