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Ideas of Aeschylus, by Text

[Greek, c.525 - 456 BCE, Born Eleusis. The earliest of the three great Greek tragedians. Died at Gela in Sicily.]

458BCE

The Eumenides

	p.18	7810	The 'Eumenides' of Aeschylus shows blood feuds replaced by law
			Full Idea: The 'Eumenides' of Aeschylus tells how the old rule of revenge and blood feud was replaced by a due process of law before a civil jury.
			From: report of Aeschylus (The Eumenides [c.458 BCE]) by A.C. Grayling - What is Good? Ch.2
			A reaction: Compare Idea 1659, where this revolution is attributed to Protagoras (a little later than Aeschylus). I take the rule of law and of society to be above all the rule of reason, because the aim is calm objectivity instead of emotion.