Introduction to the Ancient World: Greece

 Oresteia cont'd; Delphi and Apollo

Discussion of Test #1

I. Agamemnon and Libation Bearers (see Lect. 12)

II. The Eumenides ("Kindly Ones")

A. old gods (chthonic) vs. new gods (Olympian); purpose of Furies (325ff., 558ff.)
B. arguments in court (600ff.)
C. Athena and the transformation of the Furies (692 to end)

III. Is the Oresteia "tragic"?

IV. A pilgrimage to Delphi: Temple, Treasuries (Siphnian Treasury c. 525 B.C.); Apollo, Herakles, and the tripod;
the mechanics of consulting the oracle; Pythia

V. Look for the classical essence: the Charioteer of Delphi (c. 480 B.C.); the Discus-Thrower (Discobolos) by Myron (c. 450 B.C.)

VI. The role of Delphi

a. mediator between gods and men; omphalos
b. exegetai
c. morality? (Herodotus 6.86)

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