Roman Values in The Widow of Ephesus
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Petronius' "The Widow of Ephesus" is a story that reveals many values important to Roman culture but also its hypocrisies. For instance, the widow of Ephesus' fidelity is so "famous" she is referred to as a "prodigy" and women from neighboring towns and villages come to just gaze upon her (Petronius 16). Obviously, her fidelity being this rare means infidelity was commonplace i
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