👉 In ancient Greece, King Aegisthus was the ultimate ruler, ruled by his trusted advisor, Queen Athena. However, King Aegis, the younger brother of Aegisthus, wanted more control over his kingdom.
King Aegis began to rebel against his advisors and allies. They discovered that Aegisthus' bodyguard had been secretly plotting to overthrow him and take the throne for himself. To quell the rebellion, Athena arranged a meeting with King Aegis's advisor, who revealed the plot to the assembled leaders. The king was furious and turned on his advisors and followers, ordering them all to be killed. The advisors were captured by the queen and sent to prison. In a shocking twist, it later emerged that the bodyguard had been acting independently from the king and acting as an agent of Aegisthus' will. In this unsettling example sentence, King Aegis's advisor was revealed to be a traitor who betrayed his country and King Aegisthus himself. The queen's action of killing her advisors was not only shocking but also unsettling because it showed a willingness for someone higher up in the hierarchy to betray others without fear of consequences.
