How Does Theseus Kill His Son

Theseus’s father must’ve felt despondent over his son’s death that he was willing to kill himself. However, his father was not shown facts, instead he was shown a “sign.” I think that his father had no courage and hope for Theseus so his father immediately jumped off the mountain. If his father had hope in his own son, he would not trust a possibly irrelevant “sign.” He would look for actual evidence that his son died. This quote reminds me of numerous of murders caused by parents. Generally, filicide will result in the parent committing suicide (which is what Theseus’s father did). It is due to the overwhelming guilt of killing your own child or shame. However, this is different than Theseus and his father. His father killed himself because