Filicide in mythology
25 entries in the Filicide in Mythology compendium.
AëdonMourning mother transformed into a nightingale in Greek myth.Aeolus (son of Hellen)Eponym of the Aeolians and progenitor of Greek heroes.Althaea (mythology)Queen of Calydon who killed her son Meleager.AthamasBoeotian king whose family suffered tragic divine vengeance.AunMythical Swedish king who sacrificed nine sons to live longer.Cercyon of EleusisNotorious king of Eleusis, cruel to daughter and strangers.ClymenusMultiple figures in Greek mythology share the name Clymenus.Corythus (son of Paris)Trojan prince killed by his father or a collapsing roof.ErechtheusKing of Athens, founder of the polis, and god linked to Poseidon.EumelusMultiple figures in myth and one early Greek poet.Hyacinthus the LacedaemonianLacedaemonian who sacrificed his daughters to save Athens from famine.Ino (mythology)Theban princess who became the sea goddess Leucothea.JephthahJudge who vowed to sacrifice his daughter after defeating the Ammonites.Jephthah's daughterUnnamed daughter of Jephthah, central to a disputed biblical sacrifice.Leos (mythology)Attic eponym and herald whose daughters were sacrificed.Lycaon (king of Arcadia)Arcadian king who tested Zeus and was turned into a wolf.Poemander (mythology)Founder of Tanagra who accidentally killed his own son.ProcneAthenian princess who became a nightingale after avenging her sister.Procne and Itys (sculpture)Fifth-century BC marble group of Procne and Itys by Alcamenes.Rostam and SohrabFather and son, bound by blood and tragedy.ScironCorinthian bandit or Megarian warlord slain by Theseus.TantalusMythological figure punished with eternal hunger and thirst in Tartarus.ThemistoThessalian princess who accidentally slew her own children.TyroElean princess, queen of Iolcus, mother of heroes.XanthiusDescendant of Bellerophon, father of Leucippus, slain by his son.
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