Does this definition make sense
Posterity= Succession, line of descendants, being left to future generations. For example, Monarchy is a government system which uses posterity which means that you are born into the power because you are related to the person in power. It will continue to lead on to future generations.

b

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c? not a 100% sure

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in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.