When the Furies and Apollo argue about the nature of justice, I am reminded of my philosophy class where we are talking about what is just and what is unjust. Socrates and Euthryphro argue about what makes something just or holy and what makes something unjust or unholy. They end up reaching no conclusion, but are left with the question of "is something holy because the gods approve of it, or do the gods approve of something because it is holy?" I am reminded of this while reading The Eumenides because they spend a lot of their time arguing about the justifiability of Orestes' crime.

P.S. I commented on Abbi George's post.