# Controversiae 1.4.5

Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, Book 1, Chapter 4. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/seneca-the-elder/controversiae/1.4.5

Pars altera. Vibii Galli. “Matrem,” inquit, “non occidisti.” quem minus hoc crimine perdere debui quam patrem? Pater occidere iussit: lex uetat. non comparassem patri legem, nisi cum illa lex fuisset. alterum putaui parricidium matrem coram patre occidere. ARELLI FVSCI patris. O misera pietas, inter quae parentum uota constitisti! Non semper scelera nostri iuris sunt, et truces quoque animos misericors natura debilitat.

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Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, ed. Adolf Gottlieb Kiessling. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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