The Eumenides brings up the interesting point of what actions are considered more just and less just. Clytemnestra believes Orestes is wrong for taking revenge when she took revenge on her husband and a princess. The Furies are doing what they are told but are being judged by Apollo. Situations like these are always seen as circumstantial, but in reality there is no such thing as true justice in a world full of humans. Every person has their own sense of justice that is corrupted by their own experiences so even with a group coming to a consensus the outcome will never be an honest assessment of justice.
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I like what your saying about a sense of justice. And yes I would say it is very much corrupted by our experiences. Why did Orestes think killing Clytemnestra was "justice"? It was based on his own personal life experiences.
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