HIS 275 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Tlepolemus, Charites, Catamite
6 May 2019
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A young man comes to the grooms and herdsmen and tells them the sad news that charite and her husband are dead. Begins the story of how this came by telling them about thrasyllus - one of charite"s suitors who planned a secret revenge against her after being rejected. He pretended he liked her and approved of her new marriage so he could ingratiate himself into the circle. He began to burn with lust for her but realized it would be hard to attain her with all the guards around as well as charite"s growing love for her husband. One day thrasyllus went hunting with tlepolemus and they encountered a boar. Normally tlepolemus would have avoided such a creature but thrasyllus made him chase after it. He betrayed tlepolemus by cutting his horse"s hamstrings and stabbing him. When the others arrived he blamed the beast and was not suspected.
