Vengeance
idea · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
vengeance · lust of vengeance · requital · revenge
in the texts
The Histories
The motive of retributive vengeance, explicitly voiced by Darius against the Athenians after the burning of Sardis.
“O Zeus, grant me vengeance on the Athenians.
Adversus Marcionem
Divine repayment for injury, reserved to the Creator as judge and offered as the ground for commanded patience.
But also when he says, "Vengeance is mine, and I will repay," he accordingly teaches a patience that awaits vengeance.
De Patientia
The act or desire of retaliation, discussed as a supreme goad of impatience and reserved as God's sole prerogative.
the lust of vengeance, doing business either for glory or for malice.