Matricide

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Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Orestes is tormented by the Furies for the murder of his mother Clytemnestra. Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1862) - Google Art Project.jpg
Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Orestes is tormented by the Furies for the murder of his mother Clytemnestra.

Matricide (or maternal homicide) is the act of killing one's own mother.

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Known or suspected matricides



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References

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