Andromeda2000

Rev Bem:
Are you familiar with Aeschylus?

Captain Dylan Hunt:
Ancient Earth, right? Greek tragedy?

Rev Bem:
Very good. I was thinking specifically of the Orestean Trilogy. The house of Atreus was cursed by the gods, condemned to murder one another throughout history.

Captain Dylan Hunt:
Orestes' mother killed his father. He was forced to kill her in revenge.

Rev Bem:
Forced to kill, much as Andromeda was forced to kill. Do you remember how the curse was finally ended?

Captain Dylan Hunt:
Apollo invented the jury trial. The jury found Orestes innocent.

Rev Bem:
Indeed. The cycle was broken when public justice replaced private vengeance, just as you are trying to do.

Captain Dylan Hunt:
There's only one problem with your analogy, Rev. Apollo was a god. I'm just a man.

Rev Bem:
Mmm...