Automatically translated from Basque, translation may contain errors. More information here. Elhuyarren itzultzaile automatikoaren logoa

Krimen bat idatzi da


19 February 2015
Antton Olariaga

Kasu gehiago egonen ziren. Ez zaigu asko iritsi. Sizinio Pudentek, Kristo ondorengo II. mendeko hiritar erromatarra izan arren, aspaldian konkistatutako Kartagotik gertu bizi arren, oraingo Tripoli hiria dagoen tokian, ez zuen epaiketa batean, epaile erromatar baten aurrean, Klaudio Maximo prokontsularen aurrean, latina erabili nahi izan. Epaiketa egiten ari zen hizkuntza erabiltzeari uko egin zion, nahiz eta bera akusatua gabe, akusatzailea izan.

Errefusa kontrako parteak eta epaileak (eta ondorengo historiografiak) mutilaren basatasuna eta etxean jasotako heziketa txarraren frogatzat hartu zuten. Latinik ez egiteak ikasketara herabe izatea esan nahi du. Ikasten ez duena lagunarte txarretara emana dago, gaizkileen eta puten konpainia bilatzen du.

Akusatuak ongi erabili zituen argudiok. Akusatuak, erretorika Grezian ikasitakoak, berriz, Atenaseko hizkuntza eta Erromakoa miragarriki erabiltzen zituen. Akusatuak filosofotzat zuen bere burua, nahiz eta guk idazle moduan ezagutzen dugun. Urrezko astoa, ordurako oraindik idatzi gabea, osorik dugun latinezko eleberri bakarraren egilea da akusatua, Luzio Apuleio.

Apuleio, Kartagotik Alexandriarako bidean, Oea hirian gelditu zen, bidaiak nekatuta, erdi gaixo, negu minak hartaratuta. Bertan Sizinio Ponziano topatzen du, Atenasen ezagututako ikaskide gaztexeagoa. Honek bere familiako etxea eskaini zion, bertan kokatzeko. Ponzianorenean bikain hartu zuten Apuleio. Etxean Emilia Pudentila ama alarguna, 40-50 urte bitartekoa, eta Ponzianoren anaia gaztea, Sizinio Pudente, bizi ziren.

Kortesiaz gain, hor gelditzeko gonbidapenak bazuen goibelasmoa: Pudentilaren aitaginarrebak (Sizinio Amiko) seme hilaren ondoreak kudeatzen zituen, biloben izenean. Honek nahi du alarguna bere beste semeetako batekin ezkondu. Sizinio Klaro edadetuarekin. Pudentilak, semeen hobe beharrez, hasieran hala onartu zuen baina, aitaginarreba hiltzean, hitza hautsi zuen. Halere, berriz ezkontzeko ideia bazebilkion buruan, semeen kezka sortuz.

Apopilo ospetsuak Oeako basilikan hitzaldi arrakastatsu bat eman ondoren, hiriko pertsonaia printzipalek hirian bizitzera gelditzeko eskatu zioten. Hori buruan eta arrakastaren hordialdian, Ponzianok Apuleiori proposatu zion bere amarekin ezkon zedin. Damutu zen eskaintzaz baina berandu; ama dagoeneko maitemindu da eta biak ezkonduko dira, familia guztia kontra dutela.

Luze gabe, Ponziano hilik aurkitu zuten Kartagon. Bertara joan zen, Apuleioren kontaktuei esker, abokatu aritzeko. Seme txikiak, Pudentek, akusatu egin zion anaia hil eta ama magiaren bidez sorgintzeaz.

Epaiketan errugabe aurkitzen zuten Apuleio, zeinak bere defentsaren alegatua txukundu eta argitara eman baitzuen, erretorikan erakutsitako trebeziaz harro. Esan bezala, hortik urte askotara, Urrezko astoa argitaratu zuen, zeinean magiak toki handia duen.

Istorio horretatik arreta gehien ematen didana Pudenteren jarrera da, kartageraz baino ez hitz egiteko tema, bere aurkariaren indar magikoa hizkuntzan bertan balego bezala. Latinez helarazi zaigu kasua eta Apuleioren errugabetasuna. Pudentek idatzi izan balu bere hizkuntzan bere bertsioa, edo, urte asko igarota, Urrezko astoan Apuleiok egin aitortza, klabean irakurtzekoa, irakurri izan balu, ez luke –ez genuke– zer eginik.


Newest
Stone Wheel of Time in the Cathedral of Pamplona
"Pictura est laicorum literatura," wrote Umberto Eco in Il nome della rosa. People speak more through images than words. The narrative function of art is notable in the images of the Middle Ages, although its interpretation can be difficult with current eyes. In the cloister of... [+]

Social networks
Leaving the X, where are we going now?
These days an “eXodo” is being produced on social networks. Many users have decided to abandon the X platform, to the point of refuting the “toxic” evolution of the entrepreneur Elon Musk’s hand, and have jumped to Mastodon or Bluesky. The report has focused on these... [+]

Ararteko calls on the Basque Government to ensure the attention of the Ertzaintza in Euskera
Two neighbours of Donostia-San Sebastian have denounced that an Ertzaintza patrol has given them incorrect linguistic treatment. They received a fine, following a repeated request to be attended in Basque. Ararteko has taken over the aggression against the Ertzaintza.

Technology
Feet on the ground

On the Internet comes the title of a movie that I still saw when I was growing up looking for the word Willow. In this fantasy film, the protagonist, a small man named Willow, transformed the world by liberating its inhabitants from an oppressive kingdom. Google just launched a... [+]


Hysterical materialism
For you

Araia told me to write to you. He told me that before I leave them (I will do this this year), they want to take you a text of mine, which I have never taken you, and that you deserve, that you will be proud of me. Such an opportunity cannot be missed. I don't know what I can... [+]


Zero kilometre

I have recently had the opportunity to see the latest work by Pierre Carles, a committed documentary author. Under the name of Guérilla des FARC, l'avenir a une histoire (FARC guerrilla, the future has history), proposes a renewed account of the armed conflict that has lasted... [+]


Orange alerts

The poor management of the Valencian cold drop has led to a change in adverse meteorological alerts, as shown in the first season of "winter". Faced with the threat of rivers overflowing in Hego Euskal Herria, the indications for protection came along several paths, since no... [+]


For the heap of courtesy, Kittof had gone through there.

We're in chaos. That has been said to us by the French media, which Parliament has brought down the government on 4 December. The fear that political, institutional, social, economic chaos will rage us all in the horde of hell comes to our veins. What comedy we're going to play... [+]


2024-12-18 | Jesús Rodríguez
New era of struggle in the Catalan Countries

In 2011, the powerful 15-M movement broke out, which put the Catalan Govern in a hurry. Among other things, on that occasion the Police ran into the indignant camp of the Plaza Cataluña de Barcelona and besieged the Parlament on the day that the activists had to approve the... [+]


Izar Mendiguren. Always in the new sauces
"Living I in Basque does not mean closing the doors to other languages and cultures"
First the Aiaraldea Media was founded and then Faktoria. They are based in Laudio, where Izar Mendiguren works. Journalist, bertsolari, musician, militant... The ruling states that two seats cannot be covered with a rear seat, but Mendiguren’s capacity is greater.

Eguneraketa berriak daude