Patricide

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]

Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.