T. Maccius Plautus, Aulularia, ed. Friedrich Leo, 2.3

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268

Evclio

ubi tu es, quae deblateravisti iam vicinis omnibus,

meae me filiae daturum dotem? heus, Staphyla, te voco.

ecquid audis? vascula intus pure propera atque elue:
270

filiam despondi ego: hodie huic nuptum Megadoro dabo.

Staphyla

Di bene vortant. verum ecastor non potest, subitum est nimis.

Evclio

Tace atque abi. curata fac sint cum a foro redeam domum;

atque aedis occlude; iám ego hic adero.—

Staphyla

Quid ego nunc agam?

nunc nobis prope adest exitium, mi atque erili filiae,
275

nunc probrum atque partitudo prope adest ut fiat palam;

quod celatum atque occultatum est usque adhuc, nunc non potest.

ibo intro, ut erus quae imperavit facta, cum veniat, sient.

nam ecastor malum maerore metuo ne mixtum bibam.—

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

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

Translations (1)

Aulularia, or The Concealed Treasure Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 2.3 focus

268 (EUCLIO, alone.)

EUCLIO

(going to the door of his house, he opens it, and calls to STAPHYLA within.)

Where are you who have now been blabbing to all my neighbours that I’m going to give a portion to my daughter? Hallo! Staphyla, I’m calling you!

Don’t you hear? Make haste in-doors there, and wash the vessels clean. I’ve promised my daughter in marriage; to-day I shall give her to be married to Megadorus here.
270
(from the house.)

STAPHYLA

(as she enters.)

May the Gods bestow their blessings on it! But, i’ faith, it cannot be; ’tis too sudden.

EUCLIO

Hold your tongue, and be off. Take care that things are ready when I return home from the Forum, and shut the house up. I shall be here directly.

(Exit.)

STAPHYLA

What now am I to do?

Now is ruin near at hand for us, both for myself and my master’s daughter; for her disgrace and her delivery are upon the very point of becoming known; that which even until now has been concealed and kept secret, cannot be so now. I’ll go in-doors, that what my master ordered may be done when he comes. But, by my faith, I do fear that I shall have to drink of a mixture of bitterness ¹!
275
(Exit.)

T. Maccius Plautus Aulularia 2.3

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Evclio

ubi tu es, quae deblateravisti iam vicinis omnibus,

meae me filiae daturum dotem? heus, Staphyla, te voco.

ecquid audis? vascula intus pure propera atque elue:
270

filiam despondi ego: hodie huic nuptum Megadoro dabo.

Staphyla

Di bene vortant. verum ecastor non potest, subitum est nimis.

Evclio

Tace atque abi. curata fac sint cum a foro redeam domum;

atque aedis occlude; iám ego hic adero.—

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STAPHYLA

(as she enters.)

May the Gods bestow their blessings on it! But, i’ faith, it cannot be; ’tis too sudden.

EUCLIO

Hold your tongue, and be off. Take care that things are ready when I return home from the Forum, and shut the house up. I shall be here directly.

(Exit.)

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Evclio ubi tu es, quae deblateravisti iam vicinis omnibus, meae me filiae daturum dotem? heus, Staphyla, te voco. ecquid audis? vascula intus pure propera atque elue: 270 filiam despondi ego: hodie huic nuptum Megadoro dabo.

Staphyla Di bene vortant. verum ecastor non potest, subitum est nimis.

Evclio Tace atque abi. curata fac sint cum a foro redeam domum; atque aedis occlude; iám ego hic adero.—

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STAPHYLA (as she enters.) May the Gods bestow their blessings on it! But, i’ faith, it cannot be; ’tis too sudden.

EUCLIO Hold your tongue, and be off. Take care that things are ready when I return home from the Forum, and shut the house up. I shall be here directly. (Exit.)

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Evclio

ubi tu es, quae deblateravisti iam vicinis omnibus,

meae me filiae daturum dotem? heus, Staphyla, te voco.

ecquid audis? vascula intus pure propera atque elue:
270

filiam despondi ego: hodie huic nuptum Megadoro dabo.

Staphyla

Di bene vortant. verum ecastor non potest, subitum est nimis.

Evclio

Tace atque abi. curata fac sint cum a foro redeam domum;

atque aedis occlude; iám ego hic adero.—

STAPHYLA

(as she enters.)

May the Gods bestow their blessings on it! But, i’ faith, it cannot be; ’tis too sudden.

EUCLIO

Hold your tongue, and be off. Take care that things are ready when I return home from the Forum, and shut the house up. I shall be here directly.

(Exit.)