Month: February 2020

In the original concept, revenge was justice. With the creation of the city-state, the tradition of revenge came to an end. With the court, the plaintiff and the defendant went to court, asserted their claims, presented evidence, refuted arguments, weighed right and wrong, and made a judgment. Thus the cycle of revenge was broken, and the chain of revenge was cut by a neutral third party (the court) with no interest, and no one would avenge Orestes. The revenge represented by the goddess of vengeance and the primitive justice from ancient times evolved into the realization of justice through judicature, and revenge eventually led to judicial justice. People began to establish a sense of personal responsibility, and the primitive system of revenge was disintegrated, and the earliest courts came into being. The court of the Orestes trial might be regarded as the first formal judicial institution in the classical world. This marked the beginning of an era of public relief.

First, Agamemnon killed his own daughter, and all he wanted was conquering the world. However, I think this does not mean that he has no love, it’s gender discrimination. If his child is a boy, he will not kill him. This work expresses the suffer and struggle of women in the patriarchal society.

Second, Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon not only for revenge, but also for her fear and desire for power. She hated Agamemnon because he killed her daughter, and she also feared that Agamemnon knew her disloyalty and killed her. Gradually, she had the desire that she and her lover could gain the power after Agamemnon’s death. In all, Clytemnestra lost her mind and went crazy due to her hatred.

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