Fratricide of the city Thebes, and attacked the city with an army from Argos. Eteocles fought for Thebes to defend the city against Polyneices and his army. The two killed one another by each stabbing the other in the heart. Ashoka, also known as Chand-Ashoka (Cruel Ashoka), killed his real brothers as punishment for the kings's (his father) death and quarrel for the kingdom (war of succession). Later on, Ashoka conquered Greater India entire, before he adopted Buddhism and forsook war. Familial killing terms: Non-familial killing terms from the same root: fr Fratricide Fratricide (from the Latin words "frater" "brother" and
Fratricide Punished undertaken by English actors performing in German-speaking lands. While scholars generally agree that "Fratricide Punished" is a memorial reconstruction descended from some form of "Hamlet", it remains uncertain from which "Hamlet" it comes. The differences and similarities between "Fratricide Punished" and the three major forms of "Hamlet" were examined line-by-line by George Duthie in his 1941 criticism of the so-called "bad quarto" of Q1, and the "Variorum" of Furness published the texts side-by-side as well. Their analyses found a play that contained elements both of Q1 "Hamlet", published in 1603 but unknown until 1823, and the more familiar versions of