17597. TRANSGRESSIONS AGAINST AUTHORITY AND SOCIAL ORDER IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: THE THEME OF PUNISHMENT IN GENESIS AND THE ODYSSEY. This paper explores the theme of punishment in the ancient Hebrew and Greek texts. Concludes that all punishments were in response to people defying or disobeying authority figures. Moreover, most transgressions occurred as a result of people having uncontrolled desires. KEYWORDS: punishment bible greek literature. Written 2005. MLA Style. 6 pages, 11 footnotes, 2 bibliographic sources. 1,417 words.