Zelus

AdulteryChastityDeathDeceptionDeceitful advisorRemorseEvidenceFalse evidence of unchastity/criminalityFoolish old manGullible husbandJealous husbandMarriageRevengeSlander: wife falsely accusedSuicideViolenceMurderUnjust execution

A servant misleads his master into thinking that his wife is having an affair with another servant. The master kills both the adulterers. When he discovers his mistake, he kills the lying servant and then commits suicide.

Adapted from Wikeley (1983) by Ava Byrne.

Note

Italian version was published separately as the Compassionevole avvenimento di Cleandro gentiluomo padovano.

Zelus appears in the following versions and secondary versions

	Has Language Of Version	Has Branch Of Tradition	Is Adapted From
Conyers Version	English	Seven Sages of Rome	English Version H, English Erasto, Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus
English Erasto	English	Seven Sages of Rome	French Erasto, Italian Erasto
Erasto (Es)	Italian	Seven Sages of Rome	L'Amabile di Continentia (Em)
Erastus, or, The Roman Prince	English	Seven Sages of Rome	Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus
Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus	English	Seven Sages of Rome	French Erasto
French Erasto	French	Seven Sages of Rome	Erasto (Es)
L'Amabile di Continentia (Em)	Italian	Seven Sages of Rome
Mario Teluccini, Erasto in verse	Italian	Seven Sages of Rome	Erasto (Es)

Zelus is narrated in the following occurrences

Narrator	Pages
Enoscopo	English Erasto, Erasto (Es), Erastus, or, The Roman Prince, Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus, French Erasto, L'Amabile di Continentia (Em), Mario Teluccini, Erasto in verse, Mario Teluccini, Erasto. Pesaro: Girolamo Concordia, 1566., Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 01391, Spanish Erasto

Zelus appears in the following manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages	Has Language Group Within Version