There is a sentence in "Historical Records: Biography of Shangjun" that says, "Princes who break the law are guilty of the same crimes as the common people." The original meaning is that all people are equal before the law regardless of their status.
In order to reform the law and defend the majesty of the law in the Qin State, Shang Yang did not hesitate to punish the prince Xiaogong of Qin. This prince became the later King Huiwen of Qin Ying Si.
Therefore, there is a saying in history books that "princes who break the law are as guilty as the common people."
In fact, Shang Yang did not actually punish the prince, but punished the prince's teacher instead.
This involves a serious issue, that is, the law defended by Shang Yang cannot really punish the prince, and cannot make him guilty of the same crime as the common people, let alone Qin Xiaogong who is above the prince and the subsequent king and emperor of Qin.
Anyone is powerless when faced with a powerful monarch who wants to kill your whole family. It can be said that if the monarch wants his subjects to die, they must die.
Therefore, when Hercules learned the truth that King Eurystheus of Athens had killed his family, he was furious and wanted to go back to Athens to kill Eurystheus, but he was directly stopped by his friends. , because returning directly to Athens was an act of seeking death, so Eurystheus expelled him. Returning to Athens privately would mean death.
It is not enough to kill King Eurystheus of Athens. He must also be truly punished and receive a just trial. Then the question arises, who can judge a king.
In the Eastern world, if the emperor breaks the law, it is a crime. You cannot expect anyone to judge an emperor, let alone important officials like the Queen Mother or Yi Yin to exile the emperor for you and uphold justice for you.
In Greek mythology, the Goddess of Justice, the Goddess of Vengeance and other gods intervened in the king's unjust behavior. However, in the real world, it is easy to seek revenge, but it is difficult to seek justice.
The person involved has royal power, except for gods who can override it, so a human being who wants revenge must have the same power.
King Chu Ping killed Wu Zixu's family, and Wu Zixu went to Wu to support King Wu in attacking Chu and whipped King Chu Ping to death. This was certainly a successful revenge, but it did not mean that King Chu Ping received a just trial, and Wu Zixu The behavior was evaluated as regressive.
"Prince Paris of Troy abducted Queen Helen of Sparta. King Menelaos of Sparta could not seek justice for himself, so he turned to his brother Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae. "
Iolaus told his uncle the story in Homer's epic, which was the origin of the Trojan War. In order to bring justice for his brother, Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, took back his brother's wife Helen and led the entire Greek city-state. The king and princes formed a Greek coalition to attack Troy.
Therefore, if Heracles wanted revenge, wanted justice, and wanted King Eurystheus of Athens to be righteously judged, then according to mythological tradition, he must get the support of the gods or the king.
The support of the gods is too vague. Even if they witnessed Hera's miracles, they actually knew that Hera would not directly kill the King of Athens with a thunderbolt. The gods preferred that the person concerned find a way to take revenge on his own. .
In the entire Greek world, the only one that could compete with Athens or even be better than Sparta.
In order to compete for dominance in the Greek world, the Delian League led by Athens and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta fought a Greek version of the World War.
"Will the Spartans support us in our fight against Athens?"
Atalanta had doubts about this. The Peloponnesian War could be said to have involved all the city-states in Greece. Although Sparta won a nominal victory in the end, in fact both camps were severely damaged.
"No, we just want Sparta to bring justice to us. It is not an invasion, let alone a war. What we want is Hercules' personal revenge and the personal trial of King Eurystheus of Athens. We must Separate the two men, Athens and the king of Athens.”
William said slowly that Thrace is an important ally of the Athens camp. Judging from the performance in the movie, King Cortis of Thrace and King Eurystheus of Athens were in trouble with each other in order to unify the entire country. Greece has begun to unite
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If Heracles's divine soldiers hadn't descended from the sky and killed King Eurystheus of Athens in extreme anger, and another man had knocked down the statue of Hera and killed Curtis, then the history of the world might have been So it changed.
"What we have to do now is ask Sparta to set up a court and let him stand trial."
William has decided that Hercules will have a lawsuit with Eurystheus, because it involves two kings, one is the king of Athens, the other is the king of Thrace, and there is also the strongest kingdom in Greece, Sparta. intervention, so this must be a legend throughout the Greek world.
The ancient Greeks highly respected the spirit of the rule of law, and the status of the goddess of justice and the goddess of revenge was extremely high. Even the gods in mythology often participated in human courts and defended both the prosecution and the defense.
In Homer's epic poem, it is clear that Helen and Prince Troy fell in love at first sight under the guidance of the God of Love, and the two eloped immediately, but the King of Sparta still insisted that Helen was snatched away.
Because only by insisting that his wife was snatched away can he openly accuse Paris of violating the guest rule. The conflict between the two is not between him and Paris, but rises to the level between Troy and Sparta. On top of the contradiction between the two countries.
Only in this way could he ask his brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, to bring an army from all over Greece to help him bring justice and get his wife back. .
Otherwise, once he admits that his wife ran away with someone, he will only become the laughing stock of the Greek world. After all, whether your wife was snatched away or ran away with someone else has two different perceptions for others. The former is worthy of sympathy and indignation, and the latter is worthy of pity and ridicule.
Sparta was the most powerful country in Greece at the time. It had a permanent court in Sparta, which not only handled cases in its own country, but also cases in other city-states.
Sparta not only mediates disputes between city-states, but also arbitrates conflicts between city-states and acts as an international court.
For example, Athens and Megara had a dispute over the ownership of the island of Salamis. The two sides were in a stalemate, but they did not resolve the conflict through war. Instead, Sparta arbitrated.
Both sides held their own opinions. In the end, the Athenians cited documents from Homer's epic and believed that the island had belonged to Athens since ancient times. Although Sparta had a hegemonic relationship with Athens, it accepted Athens' statement and chose a fair verdict.
Although Sparta was full of martial virtue, its reputation in the country's courts was well-known.
The Spartan court tried the King of Athens, which I am afraid the Spartans would like to see.
