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(JUPITER appears, in his own character, above.)
JUPITER
Be of good cheer, Amphitryon; I am come to thy aid: thou hast nothing to fear; all diviners and soothsayers let alone. What is to be, and what has past, I will tell thee; and so much better than they can, inasmuch as I am Jupiter.
First of all, I have made loan of the person of Alcmena, and have caused her to be pregnant with a son. Thou, too, didst cause her to be pregnant, when thou didst set out upon the expedition; at one birth has she brought forth the two together. One of these, the one that is sprung from my parentage,
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shall bless thee
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with deathless glory by his deeds. Do thou return with Alcmena to your former affection; she merits not that thou shouldst impute it to her as her blame; by my power has she been compelled thus to act. I now return to the heavens.
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(He ascends.)
Be of good cheer, Amphitryon; I am come to thy aid: thou hast nothing to fear; all diviners and soothsayers let alone. What is to be, and what has past, I will tell thee; and so much better than they can, inasmuch as I am Jupiter.
First of all, I have made loan of the person of Alcmena, and have caused her to be pregnant with a son. Thou, too, didst cause her to be pregnant, when thou didst set out upon the expedition; at one birth has she brought forth the two together. One of these, the one that is sprung from my parentage,
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shall bless thee
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with deathless glory by his deeds. Do thou return with Alcmena to your former affection; she merits not that thou shouldst impute it to her as her blame; by my power has she been compelled thus to act. I now return to the heavens.
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AMPHITRYON
I’ll do as thou dost command me; and I entreat thee to keep thy promises.
I’ll go in-doors to my wife. I dismiss the aged Tiresias from my thoughts.
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I’ll do as thou dost command me; and I entreat thee to keep thy promises.
I’ll go in-doors to my wife. I dismiss the aged Tiresias from my thoughts.
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An ACTOR
Spectators, now, for the sake of supreme Jove
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, give loud applause.
Spectators, now, for the sake of supreme Jove
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, give loud applause.
Amphitruo. Plautus. Henry Thomas Riley (Translator). London. 1913.
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