Controversia IV AD - V AD
Hier. - Epist. (Hier.Epist.Xviii. Ad Praes., De Cereo Paschali 1 (p. 54, 12 Morin))
Text
Et ut breviter signem, puto te Quintiliani controversiae recordari, in qua pauper causatur, dolens ob interitum apum, flores ab impotentissimo divite venenatos.
Translation
And to put it briefly, I think you remember Quintilian's "controversia", in which the poor man, grieving the death of his bees, accuses the rich man of having sprinkled his flowers with poison.
Main Characters
Poor man
Characters
Bees
Issues
Accusations
Poisoning
Narrative themes
Bees, Poisoning