We can therefore, in the light of these conclusions, understand in their full meaning the words of Apollo to Orestes[103]:

Thou, Orestes,

Quitting this country, in Parrhasia’s plains

For one revolving year thy dwelling fix,

And give the place thy name: that honour share

With Azan and with Arcas. Pass from thence

To Athens: there against the Furies urge

Thy plea; acquit thee of thy mother’s blood:

There in that awful court the gods shall sit

Thy judges; and thy just cause shall prevail.