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Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif Mucius Scaevola Inset Story (Threat of) bodily mutilation Military conflict Violence City besieged Roma and Lupus Inset Story Animal tale Deceitful old man Imprisonment Wise old man Dog Lesson: loyalty Military conflict Judgement Old man Setting: exotic/orientalised Wolf Sheep City besieged Roma – Rome Beseiged Inset Story Deception Deceitful old man Disguise Magic Religious conflict Islam Christianity Wise old man Military conflict Mistaken or concealed identity Old man Religion City besieged Senescalcus and Roma – The Steward, and Rome Beseiged Inset Story Deception Illness Medicine Adultery Riches Disguise Magic Money in exchange for promise of sex Religious conflict Wise old man Impotence anxiety Deceitful advisor Lesson: greed Military conflict Homosexuality Mistaken or concealed identity City besieged Misinterpretation Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Murder Riches Magic Theft Evidence Military conflict Mistaken or concealed identity Magic object City besieged Misinterpretation Trick in plain sight