The Eumenides · Character
Athena
The city's goddess, who refuses to settle a blood-feud by oath or instinct and instead invents a court to hear the whole case.
major
Also known as Pallas, Athena Wise, O Pallas
First appearance: the eumenides
As a major figure in The Eumenides, Athena is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Highlighted as the founder of the Areopagus and the mediator who persuades the Furies to accept a new role.
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Athena enters Athens to find Orestes at her image and the Furies closing in, each side certain of its claim. Where the Furies demand that the doer simply suffer, she insists on asking what motive drove him, a question…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Divine and Mortal Authority
- Vengeance and Justice Cycle
- Protagonist
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