matricides
Killers of mothers
Matricides is the plural of matricide, which has two meanings: the act of killing one's own mother, and a person who commits such an act.
The word appears in discussions of mythology, psychology, and criminal cases: The play explores famous matricides from Greek tragedy.
History's matricides often claimed self-defense or insanity.
Matricidal prince of myth
- ElectraMythic Greek princess
- ClytemnestraGreek queen, husband-slayer
- NeroTyrannical first-century ruler
- AgrippinaRoman empress, power-hungry matriarch
Greek tragedy · revenge · curse · Furies · Erinyes · blood guilt · atonement · fate
Deliberate unlawful killing
- parricideSlaying one's own parent
- killingCausing death deliberately
- perpetratorsThose who commit wrongs
- filicideMurdering one's own child
familicide · manslaughter · premeditated · felony · conviction · trial · motive · defendant
Cruel or violent treatment
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- mental illnessDisorder affecting cognition or mood
- motiveReason for action
resentment · dysfunction · narcissism · schizophrenia · delusion · dissociation · rage · desperation
Orestes
Matricidal prince of myth
- ElectraMythic Greek princess
- ClytemnestraGreek queen, husband-slayer
- NeroTyrannical first-century ruler
Agrippina · Greek tragedy · revenge · curse · Furies · Erinyes · blood guilt · atonement · fate · hubris
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- parricideSlaying one's own parent
- killingCausing death deliberately
- perpetratorsThose who commit wrongs
filicide · familicide · manslaughter · premeditated · felony · conviction · trial · motive · defendant · sentence
abuse
Cruel or violent treatment
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- mental illnessDisorder affecting cognition or mood
motive · resentment · dysfunction · narcissism · schizophrenia · delusion · dissociation · rage · desperation · childhood trauma
killers
Those who cause death
sons · daughters · children · assailants · convicts · inmates · defendants · accused · suspects · juveniles