Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit

From The Seven Sages of Rome

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Motif
Inset Story Entity Type Motif
Aristoteles Inset Story Lecherous old man
Gullible (would-be) lover
Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit
Deception
Humiliation
Deceitful woman
Old man
Caepulla Inset Story Father/son relationships
Death of son
Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit
Deceitful woman
Illness
Medicine
Murder
Suicide
Grief
Children
Death
Corpus Delicti Inset Story Gullible (would-be) lover
Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit
Deceitful woman
Animal tale
Murder
Adultery
Disposal of corpse
Multiple lovers
Age versus youth
Dog
Marriage
Death of husband
Foolish old man
Old man
Death
Holofernes Inset Story Biblical narrative
Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit
Deception
Deceitful woman
Murder
Deception of would-be lover
Beheading
Noverca Inset Story Father/son relationships
Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit
Deception
Deceitful woman
Violent punishment
Familial relationships
Murder
Gullible husband
Riches
Theft
Punishment for theft
Unjust execution
Revenge
Evidence
False evidence of unchastity/criminality
Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law
Marriage
Children
Papirius Inset Story Father/son relationships
Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit
Deception
Deceitful woman
Familial relationships
Adultery
Gullible husband
Multiple lovers
Failed/rejected seduction
Age versus youth
Wicked stepmother/mother-in-law
Puteus Inset Story Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit
Deception
Deceitful woman
Adultery
Gullible husband
Suicide
Woman locked up/kept indoors
Tonstrix Inset Story Chastity
Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit
Deception
Deceitful woman
Violent punishment
Adultery
Gullible husband
(Threat of) bodily mutilation
Disguise
Food and drink
Multiple lovers
Cross dressing: woman in men’s clothes
Cross dressing
Deceitful lover
Evidence
False evidence of virtue
Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes
Homosexuality
Marriage
Gender play
Member of Clergy
Woman locked up/kept indoors
Violence