T. Maccius Plautus, Amphitruo, ed. Friedrich Leo, 3.3

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956

Sosia

Ámphitruo, assum. sí quid opus est, impera, imperium éxequar.

Ivppiter

Sosia, optume advenis.

Sosia

Iam pax est inter vos duos?

nam quia vos tranquillos video, gaudeo et volup est mihi.

atque ita servom par videtur frugi sese instituere:

proinde eri ut sint, ipse item sit; voltum e voltu comparet:
960

tristis sit, si eri sint tristes; hilarus sit, si gaudeant.

sed age responde: iam vos rediistis in concordiam?

Ivppiter

Derides, qui scis haec dudum me dixisse per iocum.

Sosia

An id ioco dixisti? équidem serio ac vero ratus.

Ivppiter

Habui expurigationem; facta pax est.
965

Sosia

Optume est.

Ivppiter

Ego rem divinam intus faciam, vota quae sunt.

Sosia

Censeo.

Ivppiter

Tu gubernatorem a navi huc evoca verbis meis

Blepharonem, qui re divina facta mecum prandeat.

Sosia

Iam hic ero, cum illic censebis esse me.—

Ivppiter

Actutum huc redi.

Alcvmena

Numquid vis, quin abeam iam intro, ut apparentur quibus opust?
970

Ivppiter

I sane, et quantum potest parata fac sint omnia.

Alcvmena

Quin venis quando vis intro? faxo haud quicquam sit morae.—

Ivppiter

Recte loquere et proinde diligentem ut uxorem decet.

iam hisce ambo, et servos et era, frustra sunt duo,

qui me Amphitruonem rentur esse: errant probe.
975

nunc tu divine húc fac adsis Sosia

(audis quae dico, tam etsi praesens non ades),

fac Amphitruonem ádvenientem ab aedibus

ut abigas; quovis pacto fac commentus sis.

volo déludi illunc, dum cum hac usuraria
980

uxore nunc mihi morigero. haec curata sint

fac sis, proinde adeo ut velle med intellegis,

atque ut ministres mihi, mihi cum sacruficem.

Amphitruo. T. Maccius Plautus. ed. Friedrich Leo. Berlin. 1895.

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Amphitruo (Latin) (Plautus. Plauti Comoediae, Volume 1. Leo, Friedrich, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1895.)

Translations (1)

Amphitryon, or Jupiter in Disguise Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.) — 3.3 focus

956 (Enter SOSIA, from the house)

SOSIA

Amphitryon, I’m here; if any way you have need of me, command me; your commands I will obey.

JUPITER

Very opportunely are you come.

SOSIA

Has peace been made then between you two? But since I see you in good humour, I’m delighted, and it is a pleasure to myself. And so does it seem becoming for a trusty servant to conduct himself;

just as his superiors are, so should he be likewise; by their countenances he should fashion his own countenance; if his superiors are grave, let him be grave; if they rejoice, let him be merry. But come, answer me; have you two now come to a reconciliation?
960

JUPITER

You are laughing at me, who know full well that these things were just now said by me in joke.

SOSIA

In joke did you say it? For my part, I supposed that it was said seriously and in truthfulness.

JUPITER

Still, I’ve made my excuses; and peace has been made.
965

SOSIA

’Tis very good.

JUPITER

I shall now perform the sacrifice in-doors, and the vows which I have made.

SOSIA

So I suppose.

JUPITER

Do you invite hither, in my name, Blepharo, the pilot, from the ship, so that when the sacrifice has been performed, he may breakfast with me.

SOSIA

I shall be here again, while you’ll be thinking that I’m there.

JUPITER

Return here directly.

(Exit SOSIA.)

ALCMENA

Do you wish for anything else, but that I should go in-doors now, that the things that are requisite may be got ready?
970

JUPITER

Go then, and take care that everything is prepared as soon as possible.

ALCMENA

Why, come in-doors whenever you please; I’ll take care that there shall not be any delay.

JUPITER

You say well, and just as befits an attentive wife. (ALCMENA goes into the house.) Now both of these, both servant and mistress, are, the pair of them, deceived,

in taking me to be Amphitryon; egregiously do they err. Now, you immortal Sosia, take you care and be at hand for me. You hear what I say, although you are not present here. Take care that you contrive to drive away Amphitryon, on his arrival just now, by some means or other, from the house.
975

I wish him to be cajoled, while with this borrowed wife I now indulge myself. Please, take care that this is attended to just in such way as you know that I desire, and that you assist me while to myself I am offering sacrifice¹.
980
(Goes into AMPHITRYON’S house.)

T. Maccius Plautus Amphitruo 3.3

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Sosia

Ámphitruo, assum. sí quid opus est, impera, imperium éxequar.

Ivppiter

Sosia, optume advenis.

Ivppiter

Derides, qui scis haec dudum me dixisse per iocum.

Sosia

An id ioco dixisti? équidem serio ac vero ratus.

Ivppiter

Habui expurigationem; facta pax est.
965

Sosia

Optume est.

Ivppiter

Ego rem divinam intus faciam, vota quae sunt.

Sosia

Censeo.

Ivppiter

Tu gubernatorem a navi huc evoca verbis meis

Blepharonem, qui re divina facta mecum prandeat.

Sosia

Iam hic ero, cum illic censebis esse me.—

Ivppiter

Actutum huc redi.

Alcvmena

Numquid vis, quin abeam iam intro, ut apparentur quibus opust?
970

Ivppiter

I sane, et quantum potest parata fac sint omnia.

Alcvmena

Quin venis quando vis intro? faxo haud quicquam sit morae.—

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SOSIA

Amphitryon, I’m here; if any way you have need of me, command me; your commands I will obey.

JUPITER

Very opportunely are you come.

JUPITER

You are laughing at me, who know full well that these things were just now said by me in joke.

SOSIA

In joke did you say it? For my part, I supposed that it was said seriously and in truthfulness.

JUPITER

Still, I’ve made my excuses; and peace has been made.
965

SOSIA

’Tis very good.

JUPITER

I shall now perform the sacrifice in-doors, and the vows which I have made.

SOSIA

So I suppose.

JUPITER

Do you invite hither, in my name, Blepharo, the pilot, from the ship, so that when the sacrifice has been performed, he may breakfast with me.

SOSIA

I shall be here again, while you’ll be thinking that I’m there.

JUPITER

Return here directly.

(Exit SOSIA.)

ALCMENA

Do you wish for anything else, but that I should go in-doors now, that the things that are requisite may be got ready?
970

JUPITER

Go then, and take care that everything is prepared as soon as possible.

ALCMENA

Why, come in-doors whenever you please; I’ll take care that there shall not be any delay.

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Sosia Ámphitruo, assum. sí quid opus est, impera, imperium éxequar.

Ivppiter Sosia, optume advenis.

Ivppiter Derides, qui scis haec dudum me dixisse per iocum.

Sosia An id ioco dixisti? équidem serio ac vero ratus.

Ivppiter Habui expurigationem; facta pax est. 965

Sosia Optume est.

Ivppiter Ego rem divinam intus faciam, vota quae sunt.

Sosia Censeo.

Ivppiter Tu gubernatorem a navi huc evoca verbis meis Blepharonem, qui re divina facta mecum prandeat.

Sosia Iam hic ero, cum illic censebis esse me.—

Ivppiter Actutum huc redi.

Alcvmena Numquid vis, quin abeam iam intro, ut apparentur quibus opust? 970

Ivppiter I sane, et quantum potest parata fac sint omnia.

Alcvmena Quin venis quando vis intro? faxo haud quicquam sit morae.—

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SOSIA Amphitryon, I’m here; if any way you have need of me, command me; your commands I will obey.

JUPITER Very opportunely are you come.

JUPITER You are laughing at me, who know full well that these things were just now said by me in joke.

SOSIA In joke did you say it? For my part, I supposed that it was said seriously and in truthfulness.

JUPITER Still, I’ve made my excuses; and peace has been made. 965

SOSIA ’Tis very good.

JUPITER I shall now perform the sacrifice in-doors, and the vows which I have made.

SOSIA So I suppose.

JUPITER Do you invite hither, in my name, Blepharo, the pilot, from the ship, so that when the sacrifice has been performed, he may breakfast with me.

SOSIA I shall be here again, while you’ll be thinking that I’m there.

JUPITER Return here directly. (Exit SOSIA.)

ALCMENA Do you wish for anything else, but that I should go in-doors now, that the things that are requisite may be got ready? 970

JUPITER Go then, and take care that everything is prepared as soon as possible.

ALCMENA Why, come in-doors whenever you please; I’ll take care that there shall not be any delay.

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Sosia

Ámphitruo, assum. sí quid opus est, impera, imperium éxequar.

Ivppiter

Sosia, optume advenis.

Ivppiter

Derides, qui scis haec dudum me dixisse per iocum.

Sosia

An id ioco dixisti? équidem serio ac vero ratus.

Ivppiter

Habui expurigationem; facta pax est.
965

Sosia

Optume est.

Ivppiter

Ego rem divinam intus faciam, vota quae sunt.

Sosia

Censeo.

Ivppiter

Tu gubernatorem a navi huc evoca verbis meis

Blepharonem, qui re divina facta mecum prandeat.

Sosia

Iam hic ero, cum illic censebis esse me.—

Ivppiter

Actutum huc redi.

Alcvmena

Numquid vis, quin abeam iam intro, ut apparentur quibus opust?
970

Ivppiter

I sane, et quantum potest parata fac sint omnia.

Alcvmena

Quin venis quando vis intro? faxo haud quicquam sit morae.—

SOSIA

Amphitryon, I’m here; if any way you have need of me, command me; your commands I will obey.

JUPITER

Very opportunely are you come.

JUPITER

You are laughing at me, who know full well that these things were just now said by me in joke.

SOSIA

In joke did you say it? For my part, I supposed that it was said seriously and in truthfulness.

JUPITER

Still, I’ve made my excuses; and peace has been made.
965

SOSIA

’Tis very good.

JUPITER

I shall now perform the sacrifice in-doors, and the vows which I have made.

SOSIA

So I suppose.

JUPITER

Do you invite hither, in my name, Blepharo, the pilot, from the ship, so that when the sacrifice has been performed, he may breakfast with me.

SOSIA

I shall be here again, while you’ll be thinking that I’m there.

JUPITER

Return here directly.

(Exit SOSIA.)

ALCMENA

Do you wish for anything else, but that I should go in-doors now, that the things that are requisite may be got ready?
970

JUPITER

Go then, and take care that everything is prepared as soon as possible.

ALCMENA

Why, come in-doors whenever you please; I’ll take care that there shall not be any delay.