Fratricide is founded as the result of a fratricide, when the twins Romulus and Remus quarrel over who has the favor of the gods and over each other's plans to build Rome, and Romulus becomes Rome's first king and namesake after killing his brother. In the Hindu epic Mahābhārata, Karna was killed by Arjuna who didn't know that Karna was his eldest brother. Though not exactly fratricide the otherwise meticulously pious Arjuna's actions - where he pitilessly and against the rules of honorable warfare slayed an unarmed Karna - are nevertheless considered utterly deplorable and heinous. However, the context of the
Fratricide Punished Similarities and differences between "Fratricide Punished", Q1 "Hamlet", and the second quarto and folio editions of "Hamlet" are a powerful point of discussion in academic discussions. Surprisingly little is known about the history of "Fratricide Punished" prior to its publication, and there is little academic consensus about its early origins. The German editor H.A.O. Reichard, who first published excerpts from the manuscript in his "Theater-Kalender auf das Jahr 1779" and went on to publish the work in its entirety in 1781 in his journal "Olla Potrida," confirms only that the original bore the text "Pretz, den 27. Oktober 1710" (Pretz,