Oreseia justice

Justice in the Oresteia
In today’s society there are trials to insure that justice is done. But, that was not how justice was served in the past. In Aeschylus’s Oresteia, The view of what is just is very different than today. Through the curse of the house of Atreus the different characters in the plays show the old view of “Blood for Blood,” and how this old system can be altered into real justice.
The troubles of the house of Atreus began long before, but in these plays, the killing begins with the sacrifice of Agamemn...