How The Eumenides is Symbolic of Political Changes. Throughout history, literature has been used to represent the politics of the times. Thus is true in Aeschylus’ The Eumenides. The struggle of old and new, dark and light, woman and man, is part of how Aeschylus represents the changing politics of Athens at the time. The struggle between old and new is represented by the conflict between the Erinyes and Apollo. The Erinyes are used to …showed first 75 words of 507 total…

…showed last 75 words of 507 total…between the older gods and the newer gods, by the cycle of violence in the House of Atreus, and the conflict between the Erinyes and Apollo. Greek plays often are symbolic of the political strife occurring at the time. Old and new, light and dark, male and female, are often ways of symbolizing and explaining the politics. Aeschylus’ The Eumenides uses these ideas to symbolize the changes of the Aeropagus in the 5th Century BCE.