Justice
149 books featuring this theme
Justice is fair distribution and retribution in human and divine forums. It articulates norms, resolves disputes, and legitimizes authority.
The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek
Mahabharata
Vyasa
200 BCE-400 CE
Indian, Hindu
Ramayana
Valmiki
300-100 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Rigveda
Anonymous
1200-900 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Metamorphoses
Ovid
1 BCE-8 CE
Roman
Book of the Dead
Anonymous
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
429-425 BCE
Greek
Oresteia
Aeschylus
458 BCE
Greek
Le Morte Darthur
Thomas Malory
1469-1485 CE
Germanic, English
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus
1-200 CE
Greek
Theogony
Hesiod
700-600 BCE
Greek
Baal Cycle
Anonymous
1300 BCE
Levantine, Ugaritic
Atrahasis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous
1900-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
977-1010 CE
Persian
Avesta
Various
300-700 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
The Bacchae
Euripides
407-405 BCE
Greek
The Mabinogion
Anonymous
1100-1410 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Medea
Euripides
431 BCE
Greek
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus
500-400 BCE
Greek
Epic of Sundiata
Anonymous
1900-2000 CE
African, Mandinka
Investiture of the Gods
Xu Zhonglin
1560-1620 CE
East Asian, Chinese
The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Anonymous
1180-1070 BCE
Egyptian