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单词 matricide
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In 458 BC, a few decades after Pythagoras’s death, the playwright Aeschylus used this odd logic to provide one of history’s most extraordinary legal defenses of matricide. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
They would have liked to ask why he was going to forgive his nephews, or to protest that it was impossible to pardon matricides without damaging the Round Table. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
In most cultures, matricide was perceived as an ultimate act of moral perversion. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Lamb Rated R for matricide, patricide and kidnapping. ‘Lamb’ Review: Oh No, Not My Baby! 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z
He was declared insane and sent to Broadmoor, joining 11 other men committed for matricide. Boys’ own 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z
In “The Christchurch Murder”, based on a true story, she considered why a teenager might be driven to matricide. An overdue biography of Angela Carter 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z
I bucked the Disney matricide tradition and made Sabrina’s mother lean in.” How Sabrina the Teenage Witch spelled a change in 90s TV 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z
Inspired, in fact, by a 2003 matricide in his native Palatine, Ill., screenwriter Frederick Mensch leverages in fiction the inevitable question: What could lead to such a crime? David Oyelowo mesmerizes in 'Nightingale' on HBO, but that only goes so far 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z
Grownups are typically too busy shopping this weekend to catch a movie, but they avoided The Guilt Trip as if it were a distasteful exercise in matricide: Throw Mama from the Car. A Hobbit Holiday: Bilbo Beats Babs and Tom 2012-12-24T01:57:00Z
So even after he learned that the grisly murder in question was really, really grisly — a matricide accomplished with rusty scissors — he wasn’t fazed for long. Does Harvey Guillén, of ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ Look Familiar? 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z
Once in a while, as this serious drama is percolating along, Mr. Brooks detours into comedy, as with a series of vignettes in which the girls fantasize about possible methods of matricide. Movie Review: ‘Perfect Sisters’ Is Based on a Matricide Case 2014-04-10T23:30:08Z
They may engage in armed robbery, vandalism and matricide, but it’s because they really just want to be left alone. Review: ‘Outsiders,’ the Latest Iteration of the American Family as Criminal Enterprise 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z
He’s at it again in “Hard Sun,” a murder-of-the-week cop drama dressed up with an internal affairs investigation, attempted matricide and … the end of the world! The Forecast: ‘The Americans’ Ends, J.K. Simmons Multiplies 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z
“If he had come to visit the sick, he might take back word that she felt refreshed. If to do murder, she would believe nothing of her son: matricide was no article of their instructions.” The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is a penetrating and restrained portrait of a matricide trial that will leave you moved and changed. New this week: Jonas Brothers, Muppets, Bennifer and Zelda 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z
Add matricide and an incendiary time period, and you have Beverly Lowry’s new book, “Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta.” Review | Ruth Dickins was convicted of murder in 1948. A new book re-examines the case. 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z
It is a prequel and third sequel and has Norman Bates calling in to a radio talk show whose subject is matricide, or murdering one’s mother. Feedback: Times' horror film picks a frightful treat 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z
“The word is ‘matricide,’ meaning murder of one’s own mother,” Cook County Judge Stanley Sacks said Friday, as he stared from the bench at Wilson and Spencer. Chicago man gets 99 years in mom’s murder-for-hire killing 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z
"The word is 'matricide,' meaning murder of one's own mother," Cook County Judge Stanley Sacks said in court. Rapper convicted of having his mother murdered 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z
He searched which parts of the body to target for the utmost harm and looked into a notorious Japanese case of matricide. The making of a bedsit Nazi: who was the man who killed Jo Cox? 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z
Presumably, we want a severe social sanction against matricide; parents will certainly think so. Who Belongs in Prison? 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z
In passages that seem more fluent than those which have come before, Ethan acknowledges the matricide, and describes it as “exhilarating.” A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z
Braendle's unpublished work shows matricide is actually a plastic response encoded in the genes that, with one more mutation, became permanent. Cannibalistic tadpoles and matricidal worms point to a powerful new helper for evolution 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z
It may be matricide, it may not be in the new thriller “Did I Kill My Mother?” TV This Week, June 17-23: 'Yellowstone,' 'Man in an Orange Shirt' and more 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z
A few days before that, he reminded us, Mair had researched the subject of matricide. The making of a bedsit Nazi: who was the man who killed Jo Cox? 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z
We learn what Orestes knows and doesn’t know about his family’s drama, how Electra plays him and what motivates his matricide. Review: ‘House of Names’ is family drama on a mythic stage 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z
A twisted tale of Munchausen-by-proxy syndrome and matricide is retold in the new documentary “Mommy Dead and Dearest.” TV This Week, May 14-20: 'King Charles III,' 'I Love Lucy' and more 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z
For these worms, matricide is the rule: They don't lay eggs, even when food is plentiful. Cannibalistic tadpoles and matricidal worms point to a powerful new helper for evolution 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z
He read up on matricide, the crime of killing one's mother, political prisoners, "lying in state", coffins and arrangements for a pauper's funeral. Thomas Mair: The man who murdered MP Jo Cox - BBC News 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z
Nineteen's voice is silky smooth as it enthrals the sisterhood, paving the way for matricide. Copyfactory : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z
This appeared Friday night to be a matricide that evolved into mass murder. Amid grim news of school massacre, Newtown, Conn., becomes Everytown, America 2012-12-15T02:29:39Z
Murray beat his mother for the first time when he was 11, and Lendl managed the unspeakable at 14, but neither has come close to perpetrating tennis matricide. Can Ivan Lendl Lead Andy Murray to Tennis Greatness? 2012-06-20T21:25:05Z
Simeon once more commended her soul to heaven, and then, amid the admiring murmurs of his disciples, the saintly matricide returned to his devotions. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z
Then," says Merivale, from whose most vivid story this is but an outline, "began the torments which never ceased to gnaw the heart strings of the matricide. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z
I was shocked at what I thought his attempt at matricide, but subsequently found that he really did believe that his mother was dead and her real soul gone. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z
And this although the Advocate General himself, in his speech for the Prosecution, had withdrawn the charge of matricide. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z
An episode of matricide was a suitable way to begin the story of a team that has often found themselves in the middle of dramas. Can Ferrari rekindle British Grand Prix glory days? 2011-07-09T21:00:02Z
It was in vain that the son tried to avoid matricide. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z
In an ensuing play Orestes, after long sufferings, is tried for the matricide and, when the human judges are evenly divided, acquitted by the divine voice of Athena. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z
"I am not at all surprised at it, for to me they have seemed to be bent on matricide for some time, calling the country their mother." The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z
But that the accusation of matricide it not sufficiently established.... My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z
To have brought a Federal ship into the waters of Georgia, and ravaged her coasts, and fired upon her people, would have been, in his eyes, little less than matricide. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z
Brindaban in his turn similarly wished that, should he ever accept anything from his father, his act might be held as bad as matricide. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z
The matricide dreaded to return from Campania after his unnatural crime, but his admirers knew well the abasement of the Roman aristocracy, and promised him an enthusiastic reception. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius
The matricides turned upon their tracks, and, arriving at the house of Mrs Crane, the two cruel creatures seized upon Mamma Crane, and put her to death. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories
Ambitious to excess, high-spirited and indomitable, they removed every obstacle to the attainment of power, and fratricide and matricide are crimes at which they did not pause. Greek Women
Outward assent may cover up the most violent disapproval, and parenthood should hardly be offered up in mitigation or extenuation any more than the status of orphanhood should shield the parricide or matricide. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home
Of their mother they only knew by hearsay, as Dave was only three years old when his sister committed matricide, quite unconsciously, and you could hear her all the way up the Court. When Ghost Meets Ghost
His worst political crime, and that which proved his ruin, was a severe reserve and a refusal to join in the shameful adulation of the matricide prince. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius
Woman is considered inviolable; matricide is the blackest of all crimes: it summons all men to retribution. Woman under socialism
Seduction, forgery, murder, even matricide are hinted against him, and at last, under the impression that indisputable proofs of the last two crimes have been discovered, he flies from his house. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860
New York and New Yorkers have been foremost in coming to the rescue when the matricide rebels dealt their first blow. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863
He had to pass sentence of death upon an atrocious scoundrel convicted of matricide. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice
Now-a-days, slavery has become a traitor, is arrogant, blood-thirsty, worse than a jackal and a hyena; deliberately slavery is a matricide. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862
The two hostile principles come here into dramatic vividness of expression:   Erinnyes—The prophet bade thee be a matricide? Woman under socialism
But Jove the deed prevents: Both bears away, and stays the matricide. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II
Continually inspired by Weed, Mr. Seward is therefore untiring in his over-patriotic efforts to preserve the former Union and Slavery—to save the matricide slave-holders. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863
Seneca drew up all of Nero's state papers, among others one defending the crime of matricide, Nero having put his own mother to death. History of Education
Hers was the jealousy which had goaded Nero to matricide; hers not improbably was the instigated fanaticism of a proselyte which urged him to imbrue his hands in martyr blood. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03
One of them is about Zeuxis of Blaundus, whom you say was warmly recommended to you by me though a most notorious matricide. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order
The Roman Senate congratulated Nero upon this fearful deed, while the philosopher Seneca wrote a defense of the matricide. A Smaller History of Rome
Any one can see in the Cain-Copperhead newspapers of New York, of Boston, of Philadelphia, and in the letters and speeches of those matricides, what are their aims, and how their plans are laid out. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863
The Chorus, in parallel dialogue, explain who they are, and seek to enlist Athene against the matricide; but Athene answers she has only heard one side. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy
Shouts of "Buffoon, actor, matricide!" were heard round about. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03
To the Erinnys, matricide is the foulest of all crimes, for man is more nearly related to the mother than to the father. The Evolution of Love
But he certainly failed to quote anything from them that by the wildest fancy could be interpreted as sanctioning such a crime as matricide. Adventures in Criticism
When Seneca sanctioned, and then defended on political grounds, the matricide of Nero, from that moment his own doom was sealed. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
A stichomuthic contest ensues; the Furies reproach Apollo with taking the part of a matricide. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy
His love for Poppæa led him into the crime of matricide, for she, wishing to share the imperial throne, and knowing it was impossible while his mother, Agrippina, lived, induced him to authorize her assassination. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03
From Delphi, Phœbus sent them to this shore With a divine command to steal away The image of Diana, and to him Bear back the sister, promising for this Redemption to the blood-stain'd matricide. Iphigenia in Tauris
In the first place matricide is so utterly unnatural a crime that there must be something abominably peculiar in a form of literature that persuades to it. Adventures in Criticism
Thou then, O old man, by begetting a bad daughter, hast destroyed me; for through her boldness deprived of my father, I became a matricide. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
Apollo, ever known as a robber-god, has now delivered a matricide from his due doom. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy
Electra has no qualms; Orestes shows no signs of madness; the climax is formed not by the culminating horror, the matricide, but by the hardest bit of work, the slaying of Aegisthos! The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
But the matricide had been committed on the very day which closed the trial of the Cenci family for the assassination of its Head; and it sealed Beatrice's fate. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
Nor was it the Electra of Sophocles, the calm and impassive accomplice of an untroubled and unhesitating matricide, who showed herself ever in passing to the intent and serious vision of Webster. The Age of Shakespeare
But thou shalt not be called the matricide, when thou hast slain her, but dropping this name thou shalt arrive at better things, being styled the slayer of the havoc-dealing Helen. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
This dread of matricide her mother held always over her. The End of the World A Love Story
But after they have fallen, and have been there for a year, the wave casts them forth, the homicides into Cocytus, but the parricides and matricides into Pyriphlegethon. Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates
Associated words: cognate, cognation, matricide, maternalism, uterine, matriarchy, matriarchal. motherhood, n. maternity. motherly, a. maternal. mother-of-pearl, n. nacre. motion, n. movement, activity; gesture, signal, gesticulation; port, gait; impulse. Putnam's Word Book
A man may be quietly parasitic upon his mother, and yet incapable of matricide. What is Coming?
If indeed the stain of the matricide hath fallen on it. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
From home to home we chase the matricide. The House of Atreus
Thou, haply, impious wretch, thou that didst save me To life and matricide? Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions
He is concerned with the defence which a contemporary matricide might make before a modern Athenian assembly and with the fitting doom of self-destruction which would overtake him. Authors of Greece
Aid from the dead to thee, a matricide? Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles
In many quarters at once, also, might be read the inscription: "Nero, Orestes, Alemeon, matricides." Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster
Now are they all undone, the ancient laws,   If here the slayer's cause Prevail; new wrong for ancient right shall be   If matricide go free. The House of Atreus
Moral precepts, philosophic guidance were no longer possible to one whose compliances or whose timidity had led him so far as first to sanction matricide, and then to defend it. Seekers after God
For this he was rewarded with abuse, and called "traitor to his country" and "matricide." Poems and Songs
Jupiter, moved by pity, prevented the matricide by transforming the son into a bear, and took them both up to the heavens, where they were placed among the constellations. Confessions of a Beachcomber
Such was the drama that Fate had now prepared for him, to the end that he should no longer represent all other matricides and beggars, but only himself at last. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster
Go to now, trust the dead, a matricide! The House of Atreus
As in similar psychological situations, patricide and matricide followed. After the Rain : how the West lost the East
In the midst of shouts were heard cries: "Ahenobarbus! matricide! incendiary!" Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero
On the other hand, you cannot imagine Gilderoy habited otherwise than in black; you cannot imagine this monstrous matricide taking pleasure in the smaller elegancies of life. A Book of Scoundrels
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