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Furies

The conflict between Apollo and the Furies is framed as a conflict between young gods and old gods, human justice and the laws of the universe.

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Interpretive model stated in the 2024-10-17 lecture.

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The conflict between Apollo and the Furies is framed as a conflict between young gods and old gods, human justice and the laws of the universe.

Interpretive account stated on 2024-10-17.

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In Jiang's reading of the Oresteia, Athena resolves the hung jury by voting for Orestes and then converting the feared Furies into civic figures of justice, truth, and righteousness.

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Tragedy Makes Democracy Face Itself

2024-10-17, day precision · Civilization #9: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides as Prophets of Democracy

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"...because he's killed his mother, there are these demons called the Furies who come up from the underworld, and they begin to haunt him,..."

Tragedy Makes Democracy Face Itself

2024-10-17, day precision · Civilization #9: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides as Prophets of Democracy

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"...and Apollo tries to intercede on behalf of Orestes. And the Furies say to him, you are a young god. You are a new..."

Tragedy Makes Democracy Face Itself

2024-10-17, day precision · Civilization #9: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides as Prophets of Democracy

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"So it's what we call a hung jury, okay? It was divided evenly. So what then happens now is, Athena comes in and says..."

The Poem That Makes a Robot

2026-03-25, day precision · Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire

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"...can he dare say now to the queen in all her fury and win her over? Where to begin? What opening? Thoughts racing, here,..."

The Poem That Makes a Robot

2026-03-25, day precision · Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire

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"...greeted by nightly shrieks at city crossroads. And you, you avenging furies and gods of dying Dido. Hear me. Turn your power my way...."

The Poem That Makes a Robot

2026-03-25, day precision · Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire

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"...that plunder, keepsake of his own savage grief. Flaring up in fury, terrible in his rage, he cries, decked in the spoils you stripped..."

The Poem That Poisoned Homer

2026-03-18, day precision · Great Books #7: The Anti-Homer

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"That universal fury, a curse to Troy and her native land. And here she lurked, skulking, a thing of loathing, cowering at the altar...."

Love Is The Secret Language

2026-03-11, day precision · Great Books #6: The Intimacy of Love

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"Putting her husband to the proof, but Odysseus blazed up in fury, lashing out at his loyal wife. Woman, your words, they cut me..."

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