The Captivi and the Mostellaria of Plautus, by Henry Thomas Riley, B. A

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Author

Plautus, Titus Maccius, 255 BCE-185 BCE

Title

The Captivi and the Mostellaria

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Text file produced by David Starner, Blain Nelson, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature

Subject

Plautus, Titus Maccius -- Translations into English

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Text

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7282

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Release Date

January 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE CAPTIVI AND THE MOSTELLARIA OF PLAUTUS — Literally Translated with notes
2. 2.By Henry Thomas Riley, B. A. — THE CAPTIVI
3. 3.DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
4. 4.THE ACROSTIC ARGUMENT {1}.
5. 5.THE PROLOGUE.
6. 6.ACT I.—SCENE I. — Enter ERGASILUS.
7. 7.SCENE II.— Enter, from his house, HEGIO and a SLAVE.
8. 8.ACT II.—SCENE I.
9. 9.SCENE II.— Enter HEGIO, from his house, speaking to those within.
10. 10.SCENE III.— Enter PHILOCRATES, from the house.
11. 11.ACT III.—SCENE I. — Enter ERGASILUS.
12. 12.SCENE II.— Enter HEGIO and ARISTOPHONTES.
13. 13.SCENE III.— Enter TYNDARUS, from the house .
14. 14.SCENE IV.— Enter HEGIO, ARISTOPHONTES, and SLAVES, from the house.
15. 15.SCENE V.—HEGIO, TYNDARUS, ARISTOPHONTES, and SLAVES. — HEG. ( to the SLAVES). Put the manacles on this whipp'd villain.
16. 16.SCENE VI.—HEGIO and ARISTOPHONTUS.
17. 17.ACT IV.—SCENE I. — Enter ERGASILUS. {1}
18. 18.SCENE II.— Enter HEGIO, at a distance.
19. 19.SCENE III.—ERGASILUS, alone.
20. 20.ACT V.—SCENE I. — Enter a LAD, a servant of HEGIO.
21. 21.SCENE II.— Enter HEGIO, PHILOPOLEMUS, PHILOCRATES, and behind them , — STALAGMUS.
22. 22.SCENE III.—HEGIO and STALAGMUS. — HEG. Come you, step this way, you worthy fellow, my fine slave.
23. 23.SCENE IV.— Enter PHILOCRATES, from the house. — PHIL. Hegio, here am I; if you want anything of me, command me.
24. 24.SCENE V.— Enter TYNDARUS, in chains, led in by the SERVANTS.
25. 25.MOSTELLARIA OR, THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
26. 26.DRAMATIS PERSONAE. — MOSTELLARIA {1} OR, THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
27. 27.THE ACROSTIC ARGUMENT. — {Supposed to have been written by Priscian the Grammarian.}
28. 28.ACT I.—SCENE I. Enter, from the house of THEUROPIDES, GRUMIO,
29. 29.SCENE II.— Enter PHILOLACHES, from the house of THEUROPIDES.
30. 30.SCENE III.— Enter PHILEMATIUM and SCAPHA, with all the requisites
31. 31.SCENE IV.— Enter CALLIDAMATES, at a distance, drunk, and DELPHIUM,
32. 32.SCENE V.— Enter TRANIO, at a distance.
33. 33.ACT II.—SCENE I. — Enter THEUROPIDES, followed by ATTENDANTS.
34. 34.ACT III.—SCENE I. — Enter a BANKER, at the end of the stage.
35. 35.SCENE II.— Enter SIMO, from his house .
36. 36.ACT IV.—SCENE I. — Enter PHANISCUS.
37. 37.SCENE II.— Enter TRANIO and THEUROPIDES, from the house of SIMO. — TRA. What's your opinion of this bargain?
38. 38.SCENE III.—THEUROPIDES, PHANISCUS, and another SERVANT.
39. 39.SCENE IV.— Enter SIMO. — THEU. What are you about?
40. 40.ACT V.—SCENE I. — Enter TRANIO.
41. 41.SCENE II.— Enter CALLIDAMATES, at a distance.

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