The point I miss in your discussion of the three plays, Joseph, is that the whole thing is designed as an exaltation of Athens and its institutions. I agree about the relevance of the male and female principles, but note how they are also both given a place in Athenian institutions, with the Furies transforming into the benevolent Eumenides protecting the domestic world (i.e. the family) and Apollo protecting the political and judicial institutions.
Those are great points, I'm used to looking at the universal significance of such works, but it's very much about the local history and institutions also as you say. My background is not in classics so there are certainly many things I will have overlooked in this analysis.
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The point I miss in your discussion of the three plays, Joseph, is that the whole thing is designed as an exaltation of Athens and its institutions. I agree about the relevance of the male and female principles, but note how they are also both given a place in Athenian institutions, with the Furies transforming into the benevolent Eumenides protecting the domestic world (i.e. the family) and Apollo protecting the political and judicial institutions.
Those are great points, I'm used to looking at the universal significance of such works, but it's very much about the local history and institutions also as you say. My background is not in classics so there are certainly many things I will have overlooked in this analysis.