“Zeus, thou pretendest, holds a father’s life
Precious exceedingly; and yet Himself
Cast his own Father Cronos into chains!
Why, is not this confounding contraries?”
~ ‘Eumenides’ by Aeschylus (G. M. Cookson translation. p87. line 643)
Brief Summary:
The play begins at Delphi, the temple of Apollo, where a prophetess is …