filial
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As Hyllus, the son of Hercules and Dejanira, David Portillo was similarly impressive, his bright, easy tenor and excellent diction assets in his ardent filial devotion and wooing of Iole.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
To embody the idea of filial piety to appeal to the Grand Queen Dowager, Yeon creates doenjang-guk, a traditional soybean paste stew, but adds two special ingredients: spinach and clams.
From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025
All demographics participate, though the elders sustain similar impulses on Facebook, now Meta, now metabolized by millennials and Gen Z into an antique or filial address book, a distant dystopia.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024
For generations, China has relied on filial piety to fill the gaps in elderly care.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
Everyone admired their filial piety when they arrived, and the proud and happy mother standing before the statue prayed that Hera would reward them by giving them the best gift in her power.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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