Controversia II AD
Calpurnius Flaccus - Exc. (Calpurnius FlaccusExc.10)
Text
Cui erant tres filii, amissis duobus, flendo oculos perdidit. Somniavit se recepturum oculos, si tertius filius perisset. Somnium uxori indicavit, illa filio prodidit. Suspendit se adulescens, pater recepit oculos. Repudiat uxorem. Agit illa iniusti repudii.
Translation
A certain man who had three sons lost his eyesight through weeping after he had lost two of them. He dreamed that he would regain his sight if his third son died. He divulged the dream to his wife; she revealed it to their son. The young man hung himself; the father regained his sight. He divorces his wife. She goes to court on the charge of wrongful divorce.
Main Characters
Father, Wife
Characters
Sons
Issues
Accusations
Wrongful divorce
Narrative themes
Blindness, Divorce, Hanging - attempt of suicide, Premonitory dream