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Anonymous - In Hermog. Rhet. (AnonymousIn Hermog. Rhet.7.748.7-12 Walz)
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Μνωμένῳ τινὶ κόρην ἡ μήτηρ ἔφη τῆς κόρης, θᾶττον τεθνήξεσθαι αὐτὴν, ἢ ἐκείνῳ δοθῆναι· ἀπέθανεν ἐπὶ σημείοις φαρμάκων ἡ παῖς, εἶτα βασανίζων ὁ πατὴρ τὰς θεραπαίνας περὶ μὲν τῆς φαρμακείας ἀκήκοε πλέον οὐδὲν, μοιχείαν δὲ τῆς γυναικὸς πρὸς τὸν μνηστῆρα, καὶ φαρμακείας κρίνει τὴν γυναῖκα.
Translation
A man proposed marriage to a girl; the girl’s mother told him that her daughter would die before she could marry him. The girl died with signs of poisoning. Then her father, when torturing the slave-girls, did not hear anything more about the poisoning, but learned of an affair between his wife and the girl’s suitor. He accuses his wife of poisoning.
Main Characters
Husband, Wife
Characters
Girl, Slave girls, Suitor
Issues
Coniectura
Accusations
Poisoning
Narrative themes
Adultery, Statement, Symptoms, Torture