... of their father, but there is always the danger of becoming trapped in a net of deception. The only other direct referral to a net is when Orestes and Electra are working up the courage to kill their mother and their step father. They speak of the "all-embracing net," (L.B. 479), in which ... He begins with the ghost of the dead Clytemnestra wanting the Furies to avenge her murder by first insulting the weakness of their hunting nets. "he [Orestes] is through the thick of your nets, he breaks away! Mocking laughter twists across his face," (Eum. 116-117). Even insults begin with poking ....

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