Aulularia
Plautus, Titus Maccius
Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, H. T., translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.
Enter EUCLIO, from his house, with the pot of money under his cloak.EUCLIO LYCONIDES EUCLIO LYCONIDES EUCLIO LYCONIDES
EUCLIO, alone.EUCLIO
Enter MEGADORUS, at a distance.MEGADORUS EUCLIO MEGADORUS EUCLIO MEGADORUS EUCLIO MEGADORUS
Enter STROBILUS [*](Strobilus: It is a curious fact that all of the editions make this to be a different person from the Strobilus, the servant of Megadorus, whom we have already seen hiring Congrio, Anthrax, and the "tibicinæ." In the "dramatis personæ" they style this one, Strobilus, "the servant of Lyconides," and the other Strobilus, in some instances, as "the servant of Megadorus," and in others (evidently by mistake) as "the servant of Euclio." On examination we shall find there is no ground for this. Eunomia (most probably a widow) is living, together with her son Lyconides, in the house of her brother Megadorus. This is clear from what Lyconides says in l. 684, where, speaking of the house of his uncle, he calls it "ædes nostras," "our house," which he would not have said had he not been residing there. By the indulgence of his uncle, who has no children, we may presume that Strobilus has been permitted to consider him as "his young master." After hiring the cooks, he has communicated the bad news to Lyconides, who tells him to keep a good look-out, and inform him of any chance that may possibly happen for breaking off the marriage.).STROBILUS
Enter EUCLIO, from the TempleEUCLIO STROBILUS
Enter EUCLIO, from his house.EUCLIO