Vengeance
31 books featuring this theme
Vengeance is retaliatory harm to balance injury. It enforces honor and, without regulation, perpetuates cycles of violence.
The Iliad
Homer
750-700 BCE
Greek
The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek
Poetic Edda
Anonymous
1270 CE
Germanic, Norse
Metamorphoses
Ovid
1 BCE-8 CE
Roman
Oresteia
Aeschylus
458 BCE
Greek
The Song of Roland
Anonymous
1100-1150 CE
Germanic, Old French
The Bacchae
Euripides
407-405 BCE
Greek
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous
1200-1210 CE
Germanic
Völsunga saga
Anonymous
1250-1270 CE
Germanic, Norse
Medea
Euripides
431 BCE
Greek
Kalevala
Elias Lönnrot
1835-1849 CE
Slavic, Finnish
Electra
Sophocles
420-410 BCE
Greek
Trojan Women
Euripides
415 BCE
Greek
The Secret History of the Mongols
Anonymous
1240 CE
East Asian, Mongolian
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus
1185-1222 CE
Germanic, Norse
Hecuba
Euripides
424 BCE
Greek
Ozidi Saga
Oral Tradition
1963-1977 CE
African, Ijo
Grettir's Saga
Anonymous
1300-1350 CE
Germanic, Norse
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
Anonymous
1200-1400 CE
Germanic, Norse
Hrólfs saga kraka
Anonymous
1200-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse
Ayādgār ī Zarērān
Anonymous
500-900 CE
Persian
Nart Sagas
Anonymous
1800-2000 CE
Persian, North Caucasian
The Voyage of Mael Dúin
Anonymous
800-900 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Illuyanka Myth
Anonymous
1400-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite