In his first speech, Apollo attempts to influence these jurors with an appeal to authority rather than an appeal to reason. The Delphic oracle was known for having made some big mistakes in political matters, especially when it opposed resistance to the Persian invasion. The jurors are made to wonder whether Apollo's morality is as subject to error as his politics.
In his second speech, Apollo comes at Clytaemestra for killing Agamemnon. He implies that there is no difference between matricide and other forms of murder, a view that would probably offend the jurors. Then, Apollo is alluding inadvertently to the sacrifice of Iphigenia, an event bound to cause the jurors to have more sympathy for Clytaemestra while when he is trying to emphasize her wickedness.
Then after all these strong two points Apollo lets us down in speech class? Apollo's third speech is really weak because he ends with a shameless offer to bribe the jurors if they vote in favor of Orestes.
ps I commented on Abbie George's
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