Controversia II AD
Calpurnius Flaccus - Exc. (Calpurnius FlaccusExc.35)
Text
Repudiata est a marito, quae filium habebat. Petit assidue, ut reconciliaretur. Non impetravit. Postremo ait : ‘Vindicabo me’. Superduxit ille puero novercam. Obiit puer, signis ambiguis cruditatis et veneni. Reas se invicem faciunt repudiata mater et noverca superducta.
Translation
A husband divorced a woman who bore his son. She kept asking for a reconciliation. She was unsuccessful. At last she said, ‘I’ll get my revenge.’ The man took another wife who became stepmother to his boy. The boy died with ambiguous symptoms, suggesting either indigestion or poison. The divorced wife and the stepmother accused one another.
Main Characters
Divorced wife, Stepmother
Characters
Husband, Stepson
Issues
Anticategoria
Accusations
Poisoning
Narrative themes
Divorce, Statement, Symptoms