Gemini languentes: estudo e tradução da Declamação maior VIII atribuída a Quintiliano

Abstract

The present research aims at translating and analyzing the 8th Major Declamation ascribed to Quintilian, entitled as Gemini Languentes. This speech is a part of the corpus of the Major Declamations, which consists of 19 fictional legal speeches written between the II and IV century CE. This text depicts an accusation made by a mother of twins against her husband, who was indicted for mistreating his sons. According to the declaimer, the twins both suffer from the same disease, which doctors, with the exception of one, claim being unable to cure. The doctor with the differing medical opinion assured the father that he would be able to save one of the sons, if the father, in turn, allowed the dissection and analysis of the other twin’s organs. In the end, the only son that dies is the one killed by the doctor, leaving the other one to survive, which leads to the wife’s accusation. Therefore, in addition to the translation, the study developed in this present text introduces the discussion about the themes addressed on the declamation in question - for instance, the family relations, especially those regarding paternity and marriage, in the Roman Empire, as well as the ethical issue of medical practices - and in the corpus as a whole and its potential contributions to the academic literary Brazilian polysystem. Furthermore, there is the proposal of methods of pedagogical practices, through the suggestion of a Teaching Sequence (TS) besides an experience report of the application of the TS during the teaching internship of the thesis’ author, both for the purpose of contributing for the education of the new generations in an innovative and diversified way, aiming to promote not only their educational but also civic development.