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Anonymous - In Hermog. Rhet. (AnonymousIn Hermog. Rhet.7.122.14-20 Walz)
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προσῆλθέ τις μνώμενος κόρην· εἶπεν ἡ μήτηρ, αὐτὴν θᾶττον ἀποθανεῖν, ἢ πρὸς γάμον ἐκείνῳ δοθῆναι, καὶ εὕρηται ἡ κόρη ἐπὶ σημείοις φαρμάκων ἀνῃρημένη· ἀνέκρινεν ὁ πατὴρ τὰς θεραπαίνας, ἐν οἷς περὶ μὲν τῶν φαρμάκων οὐδὲν ἀκήκοεν· μοιχείαν δὲ ἤκουσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ μνηστῆρος πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ κρίνει αὐτὴν φόνου.
Translation
A man proposed marriage to a girl; the girl’s mother said that her daughter would die before she would marry him. The girl was found murdered with signs of poisoning; her father questioned the slave-girls, from whom he didn’t hear anything about the poisoning; instead, he learned of an affair between the girl’s suitor and his wife: he accuses her of murder.
Main Characters
Husband, Wife
Characters
Girl, Slave girls, Suitor
Issues
Coniectura
Accusations
Poisoning
Narrative themes
Adultery, Statement, Symptoms, Torture