parricide, n.Definitions

Parricide (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠incest are never private sins in myth: Oedipus's crimes bring the plague on all of Thebes.

Parricide (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠many sins in one: it strikes the man who begat you, fed you, brought you up, and gave you your place in home, family and state.

Parricide (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠carry no guilt at all: the Saguntines chose that their parents should die as freemen rather than live as slaves.