Classics Summarized: The Oresteia

Nobody look at how long ago I promised to do this.

That's right! The sequel to Iphigenia, which itself was a prequel to the Iliad, has finally been given the ol' OSP treatment! And it only took me TWO AND A HALF YEARS

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[highdark]

I recall that the reason Athena was so persuaded by Apollo's argument is because she herself was born from Zeus, with no mother of her own.

[thomaskilmer]

I like the super hyped Fury in the suit. Someone has clearly been waiting her entire life for a chance to shout "OBJECTION!".

[CMAlongi]

I love how two of the Furies are just like "Ugh, really?" with the trial and put in minimal effort, while the third is TOTALLY INTO IT. It's adorable. :)

[ALookIntoTheEulenspiegel]

I mean... I can understand how Athena might be persuaded by the argument of "Well, only the Father matters", given how she literally sprung from her father's forehead and her mother is part of her father.

She must have felt really silly, afterwards, when she found out how reproduction usually works.

[GoBobe]

Fun Fact: This play was performed in 408 B.C. and one guy who played Orestes messed up SO famously, that multiple famous greek poets shamed him for it.

While Orestes is being tormented by the furies, he believes his sister is gonna kill him, but then he gets a hold of himself and says,
“After a storm, again I see a calm sea.”

But the actor instead said,
“After a storm again, I see a weasel.”

Way to go, Hegelochus. 👏👏

[a-bird-lover]

For some reason, I can totally imagine Athena getting really excited and holding law-courts at every opportunity.

[terracottafred]

I like to think that after the trial, Lito called up Apollo and was like, "gee, thanks for telling everyone that everything I did for you means nothing. Yeah, love you too son."

[bad_at_names]

Wait, but if Agamemnon got pass for murdering family because the gods ordered it, wouldn't his son get a pass as well as Apollo basically ordered him to?

[Blazo_Djurovic]

"Women are basically just walking uteruses"...
and this happens in Athens.

Yeah you can practically smell Athenian biases all over this one.

[TiffinVStorm]

Me: *hears that she wasn't really his mother* "Oh cool he's gonna say that since she do any motherly things to him and was super mean she couldn't really be called his mother and thus it wasn't matricide."
Apollo: "Mothers are just walking foetus incubators."

[queenie]

Okay I know they are LITERAL DEMONS but honestly the furies were so cute as prosecuters, especially the third one with the suit

[zzz]

"Can I keep the suit?"
Man, for ruthless, bloodthirsty spirits of bitter vengeance, you sure made the Furies hella adorable! XD

[shady]

Wait, so at no point did anyone look at Apollo and go "You ordered this, so that makes this a divine order. His father got a pass for that, so what makes this different?"

[ahsanabbas]

Although I disagree with Apollo's argument about women being foetus incubators, but gotta give credit to him for using this in front of Athena who's basically her 'daddy's girl' .

[karlmoore]

"The furies are deeply uncomfortable with this whole prosecution business" Then why does Megara look so cute in that suit?

[ACoolestNinja]

I've seen this twice now and just realized Apollo has Apollo Justice hair...godamn it

[ruththompson]

So, by my understanding...

The Iliad: Troy Story
The Odyssey: Troy Story 2
The Oresteia: Troy Story 3, the ending of a complete story
The Aeneid: Troy Story 4, the unnecessary addition written much later

[ryuuronin]

Poor Cassandra, she was basically the world's whipping girl right up to the end. Heck, Clytemnestra basically kills her for being KIDNAPPED by Agnemnon, what the hell! (Probably misspelled some of those names along the way)

[blueskylark]

I just realized that Apollo’s hair in the trail is the same style as Apollo Justice from Phoenix Wright, and that both of Phoenix’s protégés are named Apollo and Athena ( in the localized version ) .

[smartguy]

Clytemnestra took an axe
Gave her husband 30 whacks
When she saw what she had done
She gave Cassandra 31.