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Moral Conflict

Athena's response to Orestes's impossible case is to convene a jury of 500 Athenian citizens, with both sides making morally compelling arguments.

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Interpretive account of the Oresteia in the 2024-10-17 lecture.

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Athena's response to Orestes's impossible case is to convene a jury of 500 Athenian citizens, with both sides making morally compelling arguments.

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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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"And Athena is the goddess of wisdom. So Orestes tells Athena, the goddess, his story, and he begs for her help, okay? And Athena..."

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