Margites

First appears: The Margites

Margites was married to the wife of Margites, but would not lie with her because he feared she might give a bad account of him to her mother. Though well grown up, he did not know whether the father of Margites or the mother of Margites had given birth to him.

Relationship record

The Margites

• married with the wife of Margites “He refers to Margites, a man who, though well grown up, did not know whether it was his father or his mother who gave him birth, and would not lie with his wife, saying that he was afraid she might give a bad account of him to her mother.”
• parent: the father of Margites “He refers to Margites, a man who, though well grown up, did not know whether it was his father or his mother who gave him birth”
• parent: the mother of Margites “He refers to Margites, a man who, though well grown up, did not know whether it was his father or his mother who gave him birth”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.