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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Main Author: João Luiz Rocha do Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rede Brasileira Direito e Literatura 2017-06-01
Series:Anamorphosis
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Online Access:http://rdl.org.br/seer/index.php/anamps/article/view/305