Want this question answered?
To show that bragging has serious consequences
Arachnes spouse is a yoiung boy named Klester who was killed in a bon fire when accidently tripped
Aztec slaves were not people captured in war. Likewise, slavery was not hereditary. A person became a slave either when he was sold by a family member into slavery or as a punishment for committing a crime.
No; Arachne's crime was boasting herself better then the goddess Athena in the task of weaving. She did not believe that the goddess had "taught her" or given her the gift of weaving; all talents are god given to the ancient Greeks. She wanted to have contest with Athena - and when Athena in the form of a old matron warned against it, indeed would have forgiven her if she had given the goddess her due respect - Arachne forced Athena to act. She further slighted the gods by making her tapestry a mocking of them.
Primitive, to say the least. A prison sentence however was at the time something you were very rarely convicted to. If as an ancient Egyptian you had committed a crime, you paid for it by physical punishment such as flogging or branding; or by being banished or put to death. Another very common punishment, even in the case of serious crimes, was being convicted to pay a hefty fine to the person(s) - or their surviving relatives - who were the victim of your crime. Prisons were in most cases only used to lock up a person until he was interrogated and convicted to one of the punishments mentioned above.
Yes, the punishment should fit the crime to ensure fairness, proportionality, and justice. Matching the severity of punishment to the seriousness of the offense helps to maintain trust in the legal system and promote deterrence.
the 8th amendment
The biggest weakness in the justice system is; the punishment doesn't fit the crime.
"Let the punishment fit the crime."
Cesare Beccaria
It depends on what said child did, does the punishment fit the crime?
This is generally a euphemism for the theory of "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth."
intentional act against legal parameters is crime. punishment do not define crime.
The Esperanto word for crime is "krimo" and the word for punishment is "puno".
fixed punishment for each type of crime
Dostoyevsky published Crime and Punishment in 1866.
maters what crime?