... city by murdering Agamemnon because he abandoned them for ten years, sacrificed their daughter Iphigeneia, and was unfaithful to her. This way of justice being served is also seen when Orestes slays his mother Clytemnestra and her lover in The Libation Bearers, due her killing his father Agamemnon. Both of Aeschylus' plays show the idea of justice being served throughout them ... 1842), meaning that whoever acts violently against another person, will reap the consequences. The idea of getting justice in The Libation Bearers is also driven by revenge and vengeance. When Orestes is told h...

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