Caepulla

From The Seven Sages of Rome

A doctor has a gravely ill son, who craves a fruit/vegetable. His wife persuades the doctor to not allow his son it, and he died. The doctor learns that the onion would have cured his son, kills his wife (the boy's mother) and then himself.

Adapted from Wikeley (1983) by Ava Byrne.

Note

In the Italian versions, the son desires an onion. In the Forty Vezirs, it is a watermelon.

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