T. Maccius Plautus, Amphitruo, ed. Friedrich Leo, 5.2

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1131

Ivppiter

Bono ánimo es, adsum auxílio, Amphitruo, tíbi et tuis:

nihil est quod timeas. hariolos, haruspices

mitte omnes; quae futura et quae facta eloquar,

multo adeo melius quam illi, quom sum Iuppiter.

primum omnium Alcumenae usuram corporis
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cepi, et concubitu gravidam feci filio.

tu gravidam item fecisti, cúm in exercitum

profectu's profectus es: uno partu duos peperit simul.

eorum alter, nostro qui est susceptus semine,

suis factis te immortali adficiet gloria.
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tu cum Alcumena uxore antiquam in gratiam

redi: haud promeruit quam ob rem vitio vorteres;

mea vi subactast facere. ego in caelum migro.—

Amphitrvo

Fáciam ita ut iubés et te oro, prómissa ut servés tua.

ibo ad uxorem intro, missum facio Teresiam senem.
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nunc, spectatores, Iovis súmmi causa clare plaudite.

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.) — 5.2 focus

1131 (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 thee¹ 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.)

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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T. Maccius Plautus Amphitruo 5.2

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Amphitrvo

Fáciam ita ut iubés et te oro, prómissa ut servés tua.

ibo ad uxorem intro, missum facio Teresiam senem.
1145

nunc, spectatores, Iovis súmmi causa clare plaudite.

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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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An ACTOR

Spectators, now, for the sake of supreme Jove ², give loud applause.

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Amphitrvo Fáciam ita ut iubés et te oro, prómissa ut servés tua. ibo ad uxorem intro, missum facio Teresiam senem. 1145 nunc, spectatores, Iovis súmmi causa clare plaudite.

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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. 1145

An ACTOR Spectators, now, for the sake of supreme Jove 2 , give loud applause.

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Amphitrvo

Fáciam ita ut iubés et te oro, prómissa ut servés tua.

ibo ad uxorem intro, missum facio Teresiam senem.
1145

nunc, spectatores, Iovis súmmi causa clare plaudite.

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.
1145

An ACTOR

Spectators, now, for the sake of supreme Jove ², give loud applause.