Euripides’in Orestes’inde Ekklesia ve Orestes’in Davası
Ecclesia in Euripides’ Orestes and the Trial of Orestes

Summary/Abstract: The assembly of the people of Argos has a key significance in Euripides’s Orestes. The trial of Orestes is at the center of Orestes’ plot and shapes the tragedy at full length. Yet the reason why Orestes is condemned to death by the assembly is rather controversial. For Papadimitropoulos, the reason of Orestes’ condemnation by the assembly is just the religious concern of the citizens to preserve the peace and the welfare of their city. But this is not true, nor is it plausible. This is because, the people of Argos judged Orestes on the basis of the amoral values prevailing in the assembly and in line with the expectation of the current political conjuncture. In this paper, I will discuss the views of certain scholars concerning the issue and argue that Orestes was sentenced to death because of Tyndareos’ misleading the benefit oriented mob by influencing the corrupt ecclesia.

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