Excellence and virtue are pivotal concepts in Greek Culture. For example, the Athenian justice system uprooted the traditional “eye for an eye” form of justice that we see in the Oresteia. Indeed, the characters who exact this form of justice create intense anxiety in the audience, which Aeschylus remedies with Athena in the Eumenides. This idea is apparent from her placement within the trilogy, and the way she interacts with the Furies and Apollo. Because of her ability to relieve and reorder character emotion, Aeschylus uses Athena as a primary means to produce catharsis in the audience. The balance that Athena brings to the trilogy is quite noticeable in contrast to Apollo’s behavior towards the Furies. In lines 143-177, the Furies express