He tolde me eek for what occasioun
Amphiorax at Thebes loste his lyf.
Myn housbonde hadde a legende of his wyf,
Eriphilem, that for an ouche of gold
Hath prively unto the Grekes told
Wher that hir housbonde hidde hym in a place,
For which he hadde at Thebes sory grace.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue. Here Jankin relates the tale to his wife of how Amphiorax of Thebes lost his life when his wife Eriphilem revealed to the Greeks where her husband had hidden himself – in return for a golden necklace. Not a story to tell your wife if you want her to regard you, especially if she is the Wife of Bath.