The workings of justice and what it entails have been debated for a long time, ever since humans began interacting with each other. Some say that justice is based on what is right, legal, or moral, but that depends only on what someone considers right, legal, or moral. In the time of Aeschylus, justice was all three, but also none. Justice itself was contradictory and was subject to following the whims of both man and God. This is seen especially in Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies, where from story to story someone's opinions on justice were different from those of the person in front of them. However, they all had a key component to follow. This component was a modified version of Hammurabi's code of "an eye for an eye" and focused on revenge and punishment as the primary reasons pushing for justice. In Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies, justice is an arbitrary term that is used to account for someone's actions of vengeance and the punishment of others. When we first get into Agamemnon, we get a glimpse of what was happening while Agamemnon was off to the Trojan War. Clytemnestra ruled in his place and, more importantly, planned his death. She wanted him to die for sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia, which she said was unforgivable and punishable. This is our first glimpse of how justice is used as a title for vengeance, and how a character's righteousness is used as justification for their actions. Aeschylus shows us in his first play that not only was Clytemnestra's view on justice towards Iphigenia was for her to kill her daughter's murderer, but that she also believed that the gods would agree with her. This is seen in the play during when...... middle of paper......hy. Throughout the trilogy of works written by Aeschylus, we see the word justice used when discussing what people deserve. However, revenge and retaliation would have been better words to use when talking about a character's actions. In Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, as well as in The Furies, characters use justice as a word to try to embellish what they are doing and make their actions seem more righteous. Their behavior wasn't even close to that though, as it was arbitrary, contradictory and hypocritical in every story. Justice in mythological times had nothing to do with what was lawful and impartial, but was instead about what they personally wanted, and that was what they called and used to describe the vicious cycle of revenge and violence. Works Cited Aeschylus, Peter Meineck, and Helene P. . Orestia. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Pub., 1998.Print.