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Alcmaeon, who slew his mother Eriphyle to avenge his father Amphiaraüs the soothsayer. See note 749 .

Ovid, Metamorphoses , IX :⁠—

“The son shall bathe his hands in parent’s blood

And in one act be both unjust and good.”

“The son shall bathe his hands in parent’s blood And in one act be both unjust and good.”