Binding Song

Genre/Style: Revenge Country

Touchstones: The Chicks, “Goodbye Earl, ”Not Ready to Make Nice”; Carrie Underwood, “Before He Cheats”

Themes: Revenge, historical female power and powerlessness, disenfranchisement, retribution, justice

Work: The Furies’ magical binding song in Aeschylus’ Eumenides 307-396 (458 BCE)