Eratosthenes
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- Created on: 28-12-13 15:02
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- Euphilethenes defence
- written by Lysias in 400BC
- Eratosthenes wife was young
- ancient greeks thought that the youth were un-controllable because they were controlled by their womb
- but he praises her for the way she looks after the house
- suggests that he did love her
- she doesn't get out often, her maid does things like shopping
- frustrating
- but he praises her for the way she looks after the house
- once she gives him a legitimate son he his more relaxed with her
- she has done her duty as a wife
- he trusts her
- to show his affection he hands all his possessions over to her
- men slept down stairs and women slept upstairs for safety
- after the child is born the women move down stairs because water is downstairs so the mother doesn't have to travel downstairs In the middle of the night
- he starts having sex with his slave girl not his wife
- He didn't want to annoy her but he didn't want her to get her own way
- admires her for being a clever housewife, economical and exact in her management
- fulfilling her roles as a house wife
- ancient greeks thought that the youth were un-controllable because they were controlled by their womb
- evidence that the wife is sleeping with Euphiletus
- with her sleeping downstairs it is easy for her to sneak her lover in
- he comes home unexpectedly from a visit to the country
- the lover arrives but the husband is here so the maid pinches the baby to make the baby cry and to get the wife's attention
- she tells the husband that she doesn't trust him with the slave girls so she locks the door, this means she can sleep with her lover without being disturbed
- he heard creaking in the night and the door shutting, this was her lover leaving
- she told him that the baby's lamp had gone out so she'd gone round to borrow a lamp he trusted her
- he's trusting
- he comes home unexpectedly from a visit to the country
- she started wearing make-up
- this was disrespectful because she was In mourning for her deceased brother in law
- approached by an old hag
- sent by Eratosthenes previous mistress
- tells his to interrogate his maid as his wife has been seduced
- with her sleeping downstairs it is easy for her to sneak her lover in
- Eratosthenes
- saw wife at Euphilethenes mother's funeral
- maid
- corrupted the wife's maid
- who passed on his corrupting messages
- Euphilethenes confronts the maid
- he say she can either tell him the truth and be pardoned or he will send her to the tread-mill
- a tread mill is a large wheels that uses man power to drive machinery
- he say she can either tell him the truth and be pardoned or he will send her to the tread-mill
- the maid is loyal to the wife and denies knowing anything
- when Euphilethenes mentions Eratosthenes she begs him to take pity on her
- she explains the details to how his wife was disloyal
- he tells her that her will not punish her as long as she tells no one and helps him catch them in the act
- corrupted the wife's maid
- the killing
- Euphilethenes has a friend Sostratus staying
- they dine and then go to bed
- once Eratosthenes has arrived the maid wakens him
- he then goes and collects male friends to act as witnesses
- the men force the door open
- he catches him in the act, knocks him down and puts his hands behind his back
- he asks him why he committed this crime against him
- he begs him to let him pay for his forgiveness
- he catches him in the act, knocks him down and puts his hands behind his back
- he says him must kill him for his disloyalty to the state
- he was killed properly at the scene of the crime, not seized in the streets or killed at an alter while taking refuge like the prosecution alleges
- the Law of Solomon makes this acceptable
- adultery is such a bad thing that a man is aloud to kill even their concubines lover (law made by Areopagus)
- an adulterer is worst than a ****** because your corrupting the mind of the wife
- Euphilethenes has a friend Sostratus staying
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