Are there examples in ancient history of honor killing?
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Honor killings??? Greek mythology/history is full of killings for honor.
- Odysseus killing the Suitors of Penelope
- Orestes killing his uncle Aegisthus and his mother (though unknowingly) Clytemnestra for killing his father Agamemnon
- Ajax killing himself because of the dishonoring madness which caught him after losing the verbal fight between the Greeks for the ownership of dead Achilles' weapons
- Many more...
The events described above are not based in historic sources, but lore and myths from each era shows a lot about the morals and ethics of that era.
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1) Yes, history has documented honor killings back to ancient times.
Honour killings have been known since ancient Roman times, when the pater familias, or senior male within a household, retained the right to kill an unmarried but sexually active daughter or an adulterous wife.Footnote39 Honour-based crimes were known in medieval Europe where early Jewish law mandated death by stoning for an adulterous wife and her partner.Footnote40 Today the practice is most commonly associated with regions in North Africa and the Middle East. History of honor killing in Canada
2) Has anyone has made a study of honor killings - the same article provides
Sharif Kanaana, professor of anthropology at Birzeit University states that honour killing is "a complicated issue that cuts deep into the history of Arab society." He further observes:
What the men of the family, clan, or tribe seek control of in a patrilineal society is reproductive power. Women for the tribe were considered a factory for making men. The honor killing is not a means to control sexual power or behavior. What's behind it is the issue of fertility, or reproductive power. Commodifying Honor in Female Sexuality: Honor Killings in Palestine
Each of those two sources provide citations to other sources and extensive scholarship about honor killings.
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