II. 1. l. 141
nec tibi advorsari certum
est
text reads ned
tibi
II. 3. l. 270
Eucl. Vascula intus...
Eucl. Hurry
up with the dishes...
speaker not named (continues
from previous scene)
III. 6. l. 537
Eucl. Nimium lubenter...
Eucl. Gratified, highly gratified...
Latin scene break adjusted to agree with English
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
BACCHIDES
* * * * *
PERSONAE
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
PISTOCLERVS ADVLESCENS
BACCHIS — SOROR MERETRIX
BACCHIS — SOROR MERETRIX
LYDVS PAEDAGOGVS
CHRYSALVS SERVVS
NICOBVLVS SENEX
MNESILOCHVS ADVLESCENS
PHILOXENVS SENEX
PARASITVS
PVER
ARTAMO LORARIVS
CLEOMACHVS MILES
PISTOCLERUS, son of Philoxenus.
BACCHIS OF ATHENS, courtesan.
BACCHIS OF SAMOS, her sister,
courtesan.
LYDUS, slave of Philoxenus
and tutor of Pistoclerus.
CHRYSALUS, slave of Nicobulus
and Mnesilochus.
NICOBULUS, an old gentleman
of Athens.
MNESILOCHUS, his son.
PHILOXENUS, an old gentleman
of Athens.
A PARASITE, a retainer
of the Captain’s.
A PAGE in the service of
the Captain.
ARTAMO, Nicobulus’s
slave overseer.
CLEOMACHUS, a Captain.
Scene:—Athens.
A street with the houses of Bacchis and
Nicobulus side by side.
The first part of the play
is lost, save for a few
fragments, together with the
last part of THE POT OF GOLD:
Leo’s summary of it
follows:
Pistoclerus has received a letter from his friend Mnesilochus at Ephesus asking for help in his love affair. He has been captivated by a girl there named Bacchis, who has been hired for a year by a certain Captain Cleomachus and taken by him to Athens. Mnesilochus wishes his friend to find Bacchis and obtain her release from the Captain. A servant of Bacchis of Athens has gone down to the harbour and comes back to her mistress with the report that her sister Bacchis has arrived. In charge of a slave of the Captain’s this sister appears. The sisters meet with Pistoclerus, who is in search of his friend’s sweetheart, and determine to make him useful.
FRAGMENTA
FRAGMENTS
quibus ingenium in animo utibilest,
modicum
et sine vernilitate I (IV
G)
Those with a mental
make-up of the right sort, modest and
civil.
vincla, virgae, molae: saevitudo mala fit peior II (V)