Epidicus by Plautus

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Translation of Plautus's EpidicusAbout the Translation The Play in English Cast of Characters Setting ACT 1 1.1 Scene with Epidicus and Thesprio 1.2 Scene with Stratippocles, Chaeribulus, and Epidicus ACT 2 2.1 Scene with Apoecides and Periphanes 2.2 Scene with Epidicus, Periphanes, and Apoecides 2.3 Scene with Epidicus ACT 3 3.1 Scene with Stratippocles and Chaeribulus 3.2 Scene with Epidicus, Stratippocles, and Chaeribulus 3.3 Scene with Periphanes, Apoecides, a Slave, and the [Hired] Lyre-Player (Who Doesn't Speak in this Scene) 3.4 Scene with the Soldier and Periphanes (and an Unnamed, Non-Speaking Slave) 3.4a Scene with Periphanes, the Soldier, and the [Hired] Lyre-Player ACT 4 4.1 Scene with Philippa and Periphanes 4.2 Scene with Acropolistis, Periphanes, and Philippa ACT 5 5.1 Scene with Stratippocles, Epidicus, the Moneylender, and Telestis 5.2 Scene with Periphanes, Apoecides, and Epidicus Argumentum (Plot Summary) Acrostic Translation of the Argumentum Literal Translation of the Argumentum Works Cited Index in Sherbrooke, Quebec (Canada), who often don't have any background in Classics but who show such enthusiasm for what is fascinating, horrifying, orjust plain weird about ancient Rome. I wrote the book to encourage them to learn Latin, and to help them appreciate Plautus even if they don't know any Latin. I wish to thank the plucky students of my third-year Latin class of Fall 2020 who, pandemic notwithstanding, made their way through the Latin play with me and helped me to improve the vocabulary and grammar annotations. When they had trouble with the Latin, I knew I needed to add another footnote.I am also exceedingly grateful to the kind and meticulous comments of Dr John Henderson, series adviser at Open Book Publishers. It was a privilege to have an expert of such high caliber to help me root out mistakes and clarify my writing.The supportive and friendly atmosphere at Bishop's University, located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Abenaki people and the Wabenaki confederacy, gave me the time and space to work on this project, and that too was invaluable. Our small library is more than compensated for by our excellent librarians and library staff, and the inter-library loan system. My colleague and friend, Dr Rebecca Harries of the BU Drama department, has taught me a great deal over the years about the theatre. While I've always loved Plautus, I have a much better understanding of Roman drama thanks to our many delightful conversations on the practice and history of the theatre.Thank you also to my husband, Oisín Feeley, who has always been supportive and encouraging. Finally, my love and gratitude to my daughter, Sorcha Feeley, who diligently did her remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic without interrupting me more than a few times in any day despite how boring she found it to be learning online by herself. 4There are two lost Greek comedies, known only by title, called Homopatrioi (Ὁμοπάτριοι), one by Antiphanes and the other by Menander, which may have been the model for ...