μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • general Penzer II 9.
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Filed under Faithfulness in marriage.

1 finer motif beneath it
Constancy of wife brings husband back to life
Filed beside it
Faithful wifeFaithful husbandFaithfulness to marriage in deathHusband (wife) sickens as result of separation from spouseFaithfulness of married couple in misfortuneLoathly bridegroom carried on back in basket by wifeWife refuses to become unfaithful although she knows her husband to be soWoman's naiveté proves her fidelity. Man is rebuked for having bad breath. He reproves his wife for never having told him. "I thought that men liked it as I did." He realizes that his wife has not known any other manWife hides husband's unfaithfulness from emperor and even shelters his mistressHusband tempted by own wife disguised in fine clothes: says he will touch no woman save his wife. She puts on her old clothes

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