1. Sacrifice In Mythology
The moral decision pertaining to blatant human sacrifice creates a double-standard in mythological theory: on one hand it is nothing more than the sacrifice of a victim as a means to satisfy the vengeance of the gods; but on the other hand it is a violent sacrilege resulting in the murder of another human. Greek mythological accounts of human sacrifice reflect the hesitancy of society towards killing one of their own. ... Yet, in the Oresteia, the story of Agamemnon revolves around human sacrifice as a secondary motif. ... Although similar in purpose and ritual, human and animal sacrifices dif...
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