This paper presents a new reading of some important passages of the Aeschylean Eumenides pertaining to the foundation and the functions of the Athenian Areopagos' Council, in connection with the concepts of concord and conflict in the domain of territoriality. The paper has been presented at the Congress Territorialità ed insularità tra concordia e conflittualità, held in Palermo on January 28-29, 2005.