英语词汇messalina的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Messalina; messaline. The notoriously cruel, greedy, and ve- nal Valeria Messalina managed to cuckold her weak-minded husband Emperor Claudius I so many times that even in cor- rupt Rome her name became proverbial for a lascivious, un- faithful woman. One of the profligate empress’s favorite tricks was to make love to men and learn about their real estate hold- ings, later condemn them to death for treason, and then confis- cate their property. But she went too far when she eliminated the freedman Polybius. Shortly afterward, in her husband’s ab- sence, the empress forced her current lover, a handsome youth named Gaius Silius, to divorce his wife and marry her in a pub- lic ceremony. The freedman Narcissus, alarmed at Polybius’s fate, took this opportunity to inform Claudius of her treachery and he ordered his third wife put to death. She was either killed in the gardens of Lucullus, which she had obtained by confisca- tion, or forced to commit suicide there with her paramour. She was only 26 when she died in a.d. 48. No one knows why, but the fabric messaline, a thin, soft silk with a tweed or satin weave, also pays the empress homage.

词汇	messalina
词源	Messalina; messaline. The notoriously cruel, greedy, and ve- nal Valeria Messalina managed to cuckold her weak-minded husband Emperor Claudius I so many times that even in cor- rupt Rome her name became proverbial for a lascivious, un- faithful woman. One of the profligate empress’s favorite tricks was to make love to men and learn about their real estate hold- ings, later condemn them to death for treason, and then confis- cate their property. But she went too far when she eliminated the freedman Polybius. Shortly afterward, in her husband’s ab- sence, the empress forced her current lover, a handsome youth named Gaius Silius, to divorce his wife and marry her in a pub- lic ceremony. The freedman Narcissus, alarmed at Polybius’s fate, took this opportunity to inform Claudius of her treachery and he ordered his third wife put to death. She was either killed in the gardens of Lucullus, which she had obtained by confisca- tion, or forced to commit suicide there with her paramour. She was only 26 when she died in a.d. 48. No one knows why, but the fabric messaline, a thin, soft silk with a tweed or satin weave, also pays the empress homage.
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