From the Erinyes to the Eumenides: how vengeful goddesses still bark like dogs at a past that does not pass
The initiative to turn off the past and allow the march of time forward is often attributed to the Greeks, because of the composition of the tragedies. Artistically, Eumenides, who composed the Oresteia trilogy of Aeschylus, represents the invention of justice and of law itself: in the narrative, a...
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Rede Brasileira Direito e Literatura
2017-06-01
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Series: | Anamorphosis |
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Online Access: | http://rdl.org.br/seer/index.php/anamps/article/view/305 |