Know of any historical tales in which a man kills the woman he loves as a sacrifice in the name of duty, religion, etc.?
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If we extend the definition to cover a daughter, then Yiftah, the biblical Judge, and Agamemnon both come to mind.
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To some extent Athos or D'Artagnan could perhaps fit with Milady Winter.
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In "Gulag Archipelago," Solzhenitsyn tells the story of an ambitious KGB officer who arrested and imprisoned his "beloved" wife when she becomes "politically incorrect."
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Famously, the Bridge of Arta supposedly could not be built until the engineer sacrificed his wife.
Also supposedly one of the Herods sacrificed his wife (Herod the Great certainly killed much of his family), but I cannot find an internet reference for that.
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