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Patricide

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Patricide
Adrammelech
and Sharezer murder father, Sennacherib, for Assyrian throne. [O.T.: II Kings 19:37]
Borden, Lizzie (1860–1927)
woman accused of butchering father and stepmother with ax (1872). [Am. Hist.: Hart, 91]
Edward
killed his father at his mother’s instigation. [Br. Balladry: Edward in Benét, 302]
Oedipus
kills father in argument not knowing his identity. [Gk. Lit.: Oedipus Rex]
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He said that prevailing circumstances have a direct bearing on the behaviour of the people so much so that the affectees could attempt suicide, patricide, matricide, fratricide and uxoricide,adding that such incidents are increasing.
Every 3rd person suffering from depression, anxiety by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)
Riots greeted its debut at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in protest against its apparently flippant treatment of the subject of patricide.
Druid promises a killer performance by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The punishment for patricide, the killing of your father, was to be tied up in a sack with a live monkey, snake, cockerell and wild dog and thrown into the River Tiber.
Power and glory in Eternal City.. by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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