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Work #768 · Early

The Oresteia

Aeschylus
458 BCE (first performed at the Dionysia) · Ancient Greek
Athenian tragic trilogy · Classical Greek tragedy / Athenian drama

Aeschylus's 458 BCE trilogy — the transformation of bloody vengeance into civic justice

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Attribute The Oresteia (Early)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Theistic
Observer · Moral Authority Tradition
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Oresteia

The trans-generational time of the curse and its resolution.

Space

The Oresteia

Argos, Apollo's sanctuary, the Areopagus of Athens.

Matter

The Oresteia

The embodied house of Atreus.

Observer

The Oresteia

Multiple characters; the chorus.

Energy

The Oresteia

Energies of vengeance and justice.

Information

The Oresteia

The oracular word and judicial verdict.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Oresteia

Aeschylus's Oresteia: founding work of Western tragedy and of civic-juridical thought; central to Hegel, Nietzsche, modern political-tragic theory.