Aulularia

Plautus, Titus Maccius

Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, H. T., translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.

THE HOUSEHOLD GOD
    Enter EUCLIO, driving out STAPHYLA.
    EUCLIO
      STAPHYLA
        EUCLIO
          STAPHYLA
            EUCLIO
              STAPHYLA
                EUCLIO
                  STAPHYLA
                    Enter EUCLIO, from his house.
                    EUCLIO
                      STAPHYLA
                        EUCLIO
                          STAPHYLA
                            EUCLIO
                              STAPHYLA
                                EUCLIO
                                  STAPHYLA
                                    EUCLIO
                                      STAPHYLA
                                        EUCLIO
                                          Enter EUNOMIA and MEGADORUS, from their house.
                                          EUNOMIA
                                            MEGADORUS
                                              EUNOMIA
                                                MEGADORUS
                                                  EUNOMIA
                                                    MEGADORUS
                                                      EUNOMIA
                                                        MEGADORUS
                                                          EUNOMIA
                                                            MEGADORUS
                                                              EUNOMIA
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                                                                                                                      Enter EUCLIO.
                                                                                                                      EUCLIO
                                                                                                                        MEGADORUS
                                                                                                                          EUCLIO
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  EUCLIO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    EUCLIO, alone.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      STAPHYLA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        EUCLIO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          STAPHYLA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Enter STROBIOUS, ANTHRAX, and CONGRIO, with MUSIC GIRLS and PERSONS carrying provisions.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Enter STAPHYLA.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter PYTHODICUS, from the house of MEGADORUS.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Enter EUCLIO, with some chaplets of flowers in his hand.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      EUCLIO
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Enter ANTHRAX, from the house of MEGADORUS.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Enter CONGRIO, in haste, from the house of EUCLIO.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              LYCONIDES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Enter EUCLIO, from his house, driving the COOKS and the MUSIC GIRL before him.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Enter EUCLIO, from his house, with the pot of money under his cloak.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        EUCLIO, alone.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Enter MEGADORUS, at a distance.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          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.).
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Enter EUCLIO, from the Temple
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