The case for the prosecution of a poisoning trial
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- Created on: 28-12-13 12:20
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- Prosecution of a step mother
- 420BC
- written by Antiphon
- Kurioi (representing defendant)
- the son of the 2nd wife who is being accused of murdering her husband
- prosecutor
- step son of the defendant
- first son of the deceased father
- his mother has died and he has no other relatives
- very young
- faced with a difficult decision
- to seek vengeance for his late father he betrayed his only family (step)
- either way he was disloyal to his family
- his allies have become his avengers
- the legal system was the only person he could talk to
- he is standing up for the states laws
- to seek vengeance for his late father he betrayed his only family (step)
- wants the real murder to be punished
- she acted with her own free will
- prosecutors story
- Philoneus used to stay in their spare bedroom when he was in town for business
- he had a concubine
- he was planning to get rid of his concubine to a brothel
- perhaps he was planning to get married
- he was planning to get rid of his concubine to a brothel
- he was respectable and honest
- he had a concubine
- the defendant heard of how Philoneus was getting rid of his concubine and sent for her
- she told the concubine that her husband was also treating her badly and that she had a plan that would make Philoneus and her husband love them both again
- the concubine was keen to take part in the plan
- Philoneus goes to Piraeus to a religious ceremony to zeus, the father also goes because he was preparing for a voyage to Naxos
- they take the concubine to help them with the sacrifice and the banquet
- the stepmother gives the concubine a drug to give to the two men saying it will make them love them
- after the meal (philoneus was sacrificing to zeus and the husband was dining with a friend before he set off on a voyage) they poured libations
- the concubine poured the libations and into it she poured the poison
- ironically she gave Philoneus the most
- Philoneus dies there and then
- the husband was seized with an illness and dies three weeks later
- the concubine poured the libations and into it she poured the poison
- after the meal (philoneus was sacrificing to zeus and the husband was dining with a friend before he set off on a voyage) they poured libations
- Philoneus used to stay in their spare bedroom when he was in town for business
- defendant
- stepmother of prosecutor, second wife of the deceased man, mother of the Kurioi
- the concubine
- the concubine is a slave so has free movement
- ignorant and naïve
- she was tortured for what she did. didn't get a trial
- 420BC
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