Hesiod's Theogony and Aeschylus ' Prometheus Unbound both tell that Heracles shot and killed the eagle that tortured Prometheus ( which was his punishment by Zeus for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to mortals ).

Prometheus, in eternal punishment, is chained to a rock in the Caucasus, where his liver is eaten daily by an eagle, only to be regenerated by night, due to his immortality.

At the center of the drama are the results of Prometheus ' theft of fire and his current punishment by Zeus ; the playwright's dependence on the Hesiodic source material is clear, though Prometheus Bound also includes a number of changes to the received tradition.

Zeus ordered Hephaestus to mold her out of earth as part of the punishment of mankind for Prometheus ' theft of the secret of fire, and all the gods joined in offering her " seductive gifts ".

Eve was created to help Adam, Pandora to bring punishment to the men who benefited from the crime ( Prometheus having been punished separately ).

This punishment is extremely similar to that of the Titan Prometheus.

Jordaens's eagle positioning, backwards heroically nude bloodshot eyed Prometheus, and the use of punishment and pain of man with spastic twisting and contorted movements are common themes in Rubens ' version.

This punishment is especially galling since Prometheus was instrumental in Zeus's victory in the Titanomachy.

This punishment is especially galling since Prometheus was instrumental in Zeus ' victory in the Titanomachy.

Judgement is not punishment, but simply the natural ( or rather, God-ordained ) consequence of Israel's failure to worship Yahweh alone.

Deane and J. R. Thomson write this valid conclusion, “ The Book of Obadiah is occupied with one subject – the punishment of Edom for its cruel and unbrotherly love conduct towards Judah ...” One can link this idea of punishment to one of the major prophets “ Ezekiel ” who “... interprets the exile to Babylon and the destruction of Jerusalem as deserved punishments for the sins of those who themselves committed them .” Verses 3-7 in Obadiah explain to the reader the reason for the punishment theme, “ Confidence in one ’ s power, intelligence, allies, or the topographical features of one ’ s territory is often mentioned as an attribute of those who foolishly confront the Lord and are consequently punished .” Although destruction is vital to understanding Obadiah, it is of note to understand the destruction being a consequence of action.

Karma is not punishment or retribution but simply an extended expression or consequence of natural acts.

One example is evil as punishment for sin or as a consequence of sin.

The story's second half examines the arbitrariness of justice: the public official compiling the details of the murder case tells him repentance and turning to Christianity will save him, but Meursault refuses to pretend he has found religion ; emotional honesty overrides self-preservation, and he accepts the idea of punishment as a consequence of his actions as part of the status quo.

Attainder as such was also a legal consequence of convictions in courts of law, but this ceased to be a part of punishment in 1870.

He claimed that the crimes of the Reign of Terror were the logical consequence of Enlightened thought, as well as its divinely-decreed punishment.

In Ludwig Ott's Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma he states that " the fact of her death is almost generally accepted by the Fathers and Theologians, and is expressly affirmed in the Liturgy of the Church ", to which he adduces a number of helpful citations, and concludes that " for Mary, death, in consequence of her freedom from original sin and from personal sin, was not a consequence of punishment of sin.

In consequence Zola was condemned to the maximum punishment: one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3, 000 francs.

The term discipline is also applied to the punishment that is the consequence of breaking the rules.

From a work ascribed to Albert the Great, " Compilatio de Novo Spiritu ", in the Munich Library, we learn further that in consequence of the condemnation, David fled from France, and so escaped punishment.

As a consequence of the proceeding, the commander may impose non-judicial punishment upon members of the command.

In Canada, the cabinet is on rare occasion allowed to freely vote its conscience and to oppose the government without consequence, as occurred with the vote on capital punishment under Brian Mulroney.

* the predestination of some to salvation, and, in consequence of Divine foreknowledge, the doom of others to everlasting punishment ;

Skinner saw punishment as the logical consequence of an unscientific analysis of behavior as well as the tradition of " freedom and dignity ".

As a consequence, the Kara katorga was closed, and the use of corporal punishment against imprisoned women and dvorians was abolished by the law of March 28, 1893.

He takes the patristic theme ... that slavery exists is a consequence of original sin and says that it exists according to the " second intention " of nature ; it would not have existed in the state of original innocence according to the " first intention " of nature ; in this way he can explain the Aristotelian teaching that some people are slaves " by nature " like inanimate instruments, because of their personal sins ; for since the slave cannot work for his own benefit slavery is necessarily a punishment.

Under this view, it is, therefore, possible to fall out of the scope of atonement through loss of faith, a consequence which contrasts clearly with the punishment theory, which holds that Jesus's death served as a substitute for the sins of individuals directly ( see also limited atonement ).

As a consequence of controversy over the perceived escalation in use of capital punishment, abolitionist petitions started to circulate as well.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance ; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.

Baker argues that the privacy violations that result from being forced to receive unwanted obscene information in public places ( exhibitionism ) would amount to a sufficient bad consequence for the purposes of invoking the criminal law, but argues that proportionate punishment means that such conduct should only be punished with fines rather than jail terms.

A critical turning point comes when the King decides not to give money to a man who has committed theft but instead to cut off his head and also to carry out this punishment in a particularly cruel and humiliating manner, parading him in public to the sound of drums as he is taken to the execution ground outside the city.

Arena punishment could be meted for banditry, theft and arson, or treasonous acts such as rebellion, census evasion to avoid paying due taxes and refusal to swear lawful oaths.

* 1994 – American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism, a punishment that many in the United States deemed to be excessive for a teenager committing a non-violent crime.

As punishment for his theft, Case's central nervous system was damaged with a mycotoxin, leaving him unable to use his brain-computer interface to access the global computer network in cyberspace, a virtual reality dataspace called the " Matrix ".

For the purposes of punishment, Section 334 divides theft into two separate offences, according to the value and nature of the goods stolen:

Other reforms included the establishment of foundling hospitals, the abolition of capital punishment for theft and of the employment of torture in judicial process, the doing away with such demoralizing abuses as perquisites, and of " lackeyism ," or the appointment of great men's domestics to lucrative public posts.

No had previously been a member of a Chinese Tong, but after he stole a large amount of money from their treasury, he was captured by the organisation, whose leaders had his hands cut off as a sign of punishment for theft, and then ordered him shot.

Executions took place in the town's Market Place on Saturdays, and the machine remained in use until Oliver Cromwell forbade capital punishment for petty theft.

This slave found his way to the site of Paul's imprisonment ( most probably Rome or Caesarea ) to escape punishment for a theft he was said to have committed.

" For theft, the punishment is imprisonment of at most two years, while gross theft carries a punishment of between six months and six years.

But his Bill to repeal capital punishment for theft in a dwelling was defeated by only two votes.

In this respect, they differ from many previous systems of punishment, for example, England's Bloody Code, under which the penalty of theft had been the same regardless of the value stolen, giving rise to the English expression " It is as well to be hanged for a sheep or a lamb ".

It was moreover provided that " the whole hundred … shall be answerable " for any theft or robbery, in effect a form of collective punishment.

The Egyptian prince Neferkaptah fought the serpents and retrieved the book, but in punishment for his theft from Thoth, the gods killed his wife and son.

We are told by chroniclers that Henry legislated about theft, restored capital punishment ( which had been suspended for a great many crimes by William Rufus ), harshly treated utterers of bad money and rapacious exactions of his courtiers.

Thus, additional research is required, using a more complex model of crime and control to include variables such as opportunities or incentives relative to a country's standard of living, potential punishment, chance of being caught, law enforcement efforts and expenditures on theft and property crime relative to other crimes, size of the country's criminal population, education levels, and other socio-economic factors.

Some jurisdictions place stickers on street signs warning of the legal punishment for their theft.

Subsequently in the 1990s, “ reports in the BMJ drew attention to a series of decrees of the RCC introducing amputation of the right hand as judicial punishment for theft, with amputation of the left foot for a second offence, amputation of one ear for evasion of the draft, military desertion, or harbouring deserters .” Amnesty International received reports that confirmed the governmental judicial acts of amputation.

:" Hmmm .... if the punishment for theft is cutting off his hand, and the punishment for bearing false witness is cutting out his tongue .... what shall the punishment for adultery be?