Koinophileî dianoíai (Ar. Eu. 984). Emotional Diplomacy, the Transformation of the Furies, and Athenian Political Unity

Authors

  • Emiliano J. Buis Universidad de Buenos Aires. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina

Keywords:

Aeschylus, Eumenides, Public Emotions, Diplomacy, Athenian Empire

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore the emotional background of the international dimension revealed in Aeschylus’ Eumenides by means of an original reading of Pallas Athena’s final words focused on hegemonic consolidation. It is well known that, after Orestes’ acquittal, the goddess managed to persuade the Erinyes to join the Athenian cult as metics and that, by accepting the proposal, the Furies would become benefactor goddesses of the polis. An examination of the vocabulary present in the diplomatic efforts carried out by Athena allows us to pay particular attention to the affective devices deployed when searching for an alliance. Range from fear of stasis to pacification, from anger and rejection to common love and veneration, the final verses of the play help to understand the emotional foundations —essential for the success of any foreign policy— which characterized the development of Athenian diplomacy in the middle of the fifth century BCE.

Author Biography

Emiliano J. Buis, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina

Abogado y Licenciado en Letras Clásicas (UBA), Master en Historia y Derechos de la Antigüedad (París 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Doctor en Letras Clásicas y Diploma de Posdoctorado en Derecho (UBA). Profesor Titular Regular de Derecho Internacional Público en la Facultad de Derecho de la UBA y en la UNICEN y Profesor Adjunto Regular de Lengua y Cultura Griegas en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UBA, donde además es Profesor en la Maestría en Estudios Clásicos. Investigador Independiente de CONICET. Coordinador del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Derecho Griego Arcaico y Clásico y sus Proyecciones (DEGRIAC) en el Instituto de Investigaciones de Historia del Derecho. Presidente de la Asociación Argentina de Estudios Clásicos. Entre sus últimos libros se destacan Taming Ares. War, Interstate Law and Humanitarian Discourse in Classical Greece (Leiden/Boston: Brill/Nijhoff, 2018) y El juego de la ley. La poética cómica del derecho en las obras tempranas de Aristófanes (427-414 a.C.) (Madrid: Dykinson & Universidad Carlos III, 2019).

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