Helen ; : Phoenician women ; Orestes
(2014)
By: Euripides

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Provider: hoopla

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[United States]: Neeland Media LLC, 2014
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ISBN/ISSN
9781420904116 (electronic bk.) MWT11932592, 1420904116 (electronic bk.) 11932592
LANGUAGE
English
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In writing "Orestes" (408 B.C.E.), Euripides utilized the mythology of the Bronze Age to reflect upon the politics of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. The story takes places after Orestes has murdered his mother to avenge his father, Agamemnon, and follows him as he attempts to save his own life. The play explores themes of man's subordination to the gods and the conflict between natural law and man-made law

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