The Concept Of Justice In The
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The Odyssey is a Greek word meaning “the tale of Odysseus.” Odysseus, the King of Ithaca; husband of Penelope; father of Telemachus; and son of Laertes was not able to return home after the war he was once in: the Trojan War. Stuck on an island, he is presumed dead. In his absence, suit ....
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.... wife and then killed him. The justice of the Gods is a swift and powerful one. However, Aegisthus had been warned: “we ourselves had sent Hermes, the keen-eyed Giant-slayer, to warn him neither to kill the man nor to court his wife” (pg. 4). Aegisthus ignored the warning, killing Agamemnon and courting his wife. Orestes, Agamemnon’s son, killed Aegisthus to avenge his father’s death. The gods saw this as swift, fair, and powerful justice: “And now Aegisthus ha ....
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