I have alreadymentioned that he uses Thrasimund’s failed attack on Hunéric as the occasion tosentence the former to death and thereby make his younger son heir to the throne.Thus, Genséric notes to Thrasimund:“Je sais qu’il est cruel, mais quoi qu’il enpuisse être / Dans mes ...
the unfortunate slaves supposed that he had either perished in the Nile or fallen a victim to some of the pirates who infested it at that time; so they came home to report his disappearance. Then followed the oracle, the sentence, and finally the young man’s return with the story of hi...