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...
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