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Ninus

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Ninus
a king of Assyria and the legendary founder of Nineveh, husband of Semiramis


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The reference is designed to move Nero in the direction of matricide, suggesting first of all that Agrippina is guilty of intrigue and second that if she would act the role of Semiramis, he (Nero) must fulfill the terms of the comparison and "legitimately" kill his mother, as Ninus (Semiramis's son) is said to have done.
 
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