Justice in Orestes
Aeschylus is primarily concerned with the nature of justice. In the trilogy The
Oresteia, the Akhaians evolve from an older, more primitive autocratic form of
justice, to a new concept of civil justice devised by Athena. He confronts the
contrast between the old and new orders, the lives of the members of the House
of Atreus, and the serious moral questions that Orestes' crime presents.
The case against Orestes is strong. The son admits to striking down his mother,
in violation of the sacred tenant of kinship. "But I came back, my years of
exile weathered—killed the one who bore me, I won't deny it, killed her in
revenge." (Eumenides lines 476-478) This shows that Orestes was fully aware of
the act he was committing, that he willfully committed it, and that he must
suffer for it. The bond between mother and child was broken when Orestes
murdered Clytaemnestra. Marriage, arguably, is a tenant of Zeus and the
Olympians. In the old order of things, family is by blood only. A husband and
wife have no blood relation, yet the son is of the same blood as his parents.
The Furies right to vengeance cannot be dismissed.
Clytaemnestra is one who upheld the laws of the Furies. Agamemnon's murder of
Iphegenia at Aulis was pure outrage. "Yes he had the heart to sacrifice his
daughter , to bless the war…" (Agamemnon lines 222-223) Agamemnon killed his
own blood relation in order to sail for Troy. This too, is a terrible crime,
seemingly of the same weight as Orestes' act. Clytaemnestra believed she was
justified in avenging her daughter, because her husband violated a sacred tenant
of the old gods. "Here is Agamemnon, my husband made a corpse by this right
hand—a masterpiece of justice. Done is done." (Agamemnon lines 1429-1431) This
shows a clear morality behind Clytaemnestra's motives. She appears to have
justification for her actions. The curse on the House of Atreus is fulfilled.
In the last lines of Agamemnon the chorus foreshadows Orestes' return.
Clytaemnestra responds by saying to her new husband, "We will set the house in
order once for all." (Agamemnon lines 1708) The chorus's purpose for suggesting
Orestes's return is to show that the house is not yet cleansed of the curse..
Like his mother, Orestes possesses what he believes to be a just motive for
revenge. Unlike his mother, however, Orestes has reservations about killing. He
does not wish to strike down his mother, but realises that he must. The defense
of Orestes is rooted in the fact that Apollo ordered him to do so.
this, for once the suitors are gone Odysseus is free to reclaim is post in
Like other heroes of the war, Agamemnon is a powerful king. He was able to raise men to follow him to Troy. He is referred to by the epithet “sheperd of people” (III, 156). In the underwold, Achilleus tells Agamemnon,
giving him the welcome of a god, "give me the tributes of a man, / and
nuclear family, but it does not mean that the family is perfect. Every character has its own ideas
In life people can get so upset; they punish by death. In The Odyssey, Odysseus should kill the suitors. The suitors betrayed Odysseus, leading themselves to their own death bed. Odysseus should put the suitors to death due to the following: The suitors took his house, his maids, begged his wife for marriage, and tried to kill his son. Odysseus killed the suitors because it was only right for them to be punished.
Olsen, S. D. "The Stories of Agamemnon in Homer's Odyssey." Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-) 120 (1990): 57-71. JSTOR. Web. .
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