The oldest Greek laws disfranchised the man who struck his parents; to strike a father was in Roman law as bad as murder; in the Jewish law honour for father and mother comes high in the list of the Ten Commandments.
Etikweni ra khale ra Grikiya, loko n'wana a ba vatswari a caciwa etikweni; hi nawu wa Varhoma, ku ba tatana a ku ri nandzu lowu chavisaka ku fana ni wa ku dlaya munhu.