Aia ka Oresteia i kēlā wahi make ʻole o ka hana. ʻO kāna mālama pono ʻole ʻana mai Helene mai a hiki i kēia lā, hana ia i loulou me ke kumu o kā mākou lāhui, kahi kahawai kamaʻilio me kēlā honua kahi i hoʻomaka ai.
A e like me ka heluhelu ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Latina: «Nihil novum sub sole», ka wehewehe ʻana o kēia puke Ka Hale o nā Inoa, ka ʻO Colm TóibínHoʻomaopopo iā mākou i kēlā, ʻaʻohe mea hou ma lalo o ka lā. ʻO ka hale keaka i hala kahi o nā huapalapala o ʻAeschylus's Oriestíada i koe i kēia lā. No ka mea, e ʻōlelo ʻana iā Terence ma kēia hanana: Homo hōʻuluʻulu; humani nihil a me fucking alienum. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē he kanaka ʻē.
Mai ke kanaka mua a hiki i ka mea hoʻopuka hope loa, e like mākou, nā manaʻo like, nā ʻeha a me nā kuko, ke ʻano like, ka inaina like a me ke aloha like e like me ka mea hiki ke hoʻohui i nā mea āpau.
I kēlā me kēia hihia, kūpono, makaʻu mau ke kipa aku i kahi kilika a hemo i kekahi o kāna patina i mea kūpono i kēia manawa. ʻO ka ʻike nui wale o ka manaʻo ma hope o kahi hana maʻamau o kēia hohonu e hiki ai i kēia unuhi hoʻokalakupua o nā manaʻo a me nā manaʻo o ka mea kākau.
Akā ʻaʻohe kānalua e kūleʻa ʻo Colm Toíbín. Paʻi i ke kī. Pololei ʻo ia i ke koho ʻana i ke ʻano hohonu o ka pāʻani: ʻo Clytemnestra, ka wahine a me ka makuahine i piha i ka rancor a pono i ka pono hope loa. Ke kiʻi nei e komo i loko o ka psyche o kēia ʻano wahine millennial e hāʻawi i kēia wehewehe i ka lepili o kahi masterpiece.
ʻO ka hopena, ʻike mākou i kahi hoʻolālā e mahi ai ʻoiai mākou e hoʻomanaʻo nei i ka Mōʻaukala o ko mākou mau kūpuna kahiko, kēlā moʻolelo i kahakaha ʻia i loko o nā kaʻao a me nā kaʻao a ka Oriestíada i lawe mai ai i ko mākou mau lā.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke i kēia manawa Ka hale o nā inoa, ʻO kā Colm Tóibín puke hou, eia: