Key term for OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation, used in Literary Sources.
The legal and moral principle of retributive justice or 'an eye for an eye', which justifies the brutal punishment of the Suitors.
Lex Talionis appears in OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation revision content for The Homeric World, especially Literary Sources and Literature Study Requirements.
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