In the Libation Bearers, In the house of Agamemnon, revenge and justice for the revenge and justice for that revenge and then revenge for revenge for revenge is common. It all started with Tantalus trying to feed the gods stew with his own son’s flesh in it. Yes, that was not a typo. He was mad at his sons, so he killed them and put them in a soup for the gods when they were invited to his house. Well, the gods did not like it. They put Tantalus in Tartarus, and he couldn’t eat for all eternity. Every time he tried to eat the branch of fruit would move up and every time he tried to drink the water would sink. Stinks for you, Tantalus.
Well, that’s how the curse of the house of Atrius started. The curse basically does this: Somebody killed someone, so you kill them. Then somebody has to avenge the person you killed, so they kill you. Then someone kills him. Then someone kills him. And so on and so on. But why is this curse so unjust? You get killed for avenging someone, how is that fair? Well, when you put it into perspective, you are the person that you killed. Same reason, same motive. So that means that people could go on for an eternity, killing people that killed other people that killed other people.
This shows us that things that seem small at the time (roller skating on the road) can turn into something big (being flattened by a Semi and people having to scrape you off the road with a putty knife.) It also shows that something big (killing your son and putting him into a stew) can turn into something massive, like your descendants all killing each other. Something you do usually has consequences on other people. That’s all, If you disagree add in the comments below, and If you did, make sure to like the post!
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