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978

Philocrates

Hegio, assum. si quid me vis, impera.

Hegio

Hic gnatum meum

tuo patri ait se vendidisse sex minis in Alide.

Philocrates

Quam diu id factum est?
980

Stalagmvs

Hic annus incipit vicensimus.

Philocrates

Falsa memorat.

Stalagmvs

Aut ego aut tu. nam tibi quadrimulum

tuos pater peculiarem parvolo puero dedit.

Philocrates

Quid erat ei nomen? si vera dicis, memoradum mihi.

Stalagmvs

Paegnium vocitatust, post vos indidistis Tyndaro.

Philocrates

Cur ego te non novi?
985

Stalagmvs

Quia mos est oblivisci hominibus

neque novisse cuius nihili sit faciunda gratia.

Philocrates

Dic mihi, isne istíc fuit, quem vendidisti meo patri,

qui mihi peculiaris datus est?

Stalagmvs

Huius filius.

Hegio

Vivitne is homo?

Stalagmvs

Argentum accepi, nil curavi ceterum.

Hegio

Quid tu ais?
990

Philocrates

Quin istic ipsust Tyndarus tuos filius,

ut quidem hic árgumenta loquitur. nam is mecum a puero puer

bene pudiceque educatust usque ad adulescentiam.

Hegio

Et miser sum et fortunatus, si vos vera dicitis;

eo miser sum quia male illi feci, si gnatust meus.

eheu, quóm ego plus minusve feci quam me aequom fuit.
995

quod male feci crucior; modo si infectum fieri possiet.

sed eccum incedit huc ornatus haúd ex suis virtutibus.

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

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Current edition Perseus

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

Translations (1)

Captivi: The Captives Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 5.3 focus

978 (Enter PHILOCRATES, from the house)

PHILOCRATES

Hegio, here am I; if you want anything of me, command me.

HEGIO

He (pointing to STALAGMUS) declares that he sold my son to your father, in Elis, for six minae.

PHILOCRATES
(to STALAGMUS.)

How long since did that happen?
980

STALAGMUS

This is the twentieth year, commencing from it.

PHILOCRATES

He is speaking falsely.

STALAGMUS

Either I or you do. Why, your father gave you the little child, of four years old, to be your own slave.

PHILOCRATES

What was his name? If you are speaking the truth, tell me that, then.

STALAGMUS

Paegnium, he used to be called; afterwards, you gave him the name of Tyndarus.

PHILOCRATES

Why don’t I recollect you?
985

STALAGMUS

Because it’s the fashion for persons to forget, and not to know him whose favour is esteemed as worth nothing.

PHILOCRATES

Tell me, was he the person whom you sold to my father, who was given me for my private service?

STALAGMUS

It was his son.

(pointing to HEGIO.)

HEGIO

Is this person now living?

STALAGMUS

I received the money I cared nothing about the rest.

HEGIO
(to PHILOCRATES.)

What do you say?
990

PHILOCRATES

Why, this very Tyndarus is your son, according, indeed, to the proofs that he mentions. For, a boy himself together with me from boyhood was he brought up, virtuously and modestly, even to manhood.

HEGIO

I am both unhappy and happy, if you are telling the truth. Unhappy for this reason, because, if he is my son, I have badly treated him.

Alas! why have I done both more and less than was his due. That I have ill treated him I am grieved; would that it only could be undone. But see, he’s coming here, in a guise not according to his deserts.
995

T. Maccius Plautus Captivi 5.3

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Philocrates

Hegio, assum. si quid me vis, impera.

Hegio

Hic gnatum meum

tuo patri ait se vendidisse sex minis in Alide.

Philocrates

Quam diu id factum est?
980

Stalagmvs

Hic annus incipit vicensimus.

Philocrates

Falsa memorat.

Stalagmvs

Aut ego aut tu. nam tibi quadrimulum

tuos pater peculiarem parvolo puero dedit.

Philocrates

Quid erat ei nomen? si vera dicis, memoradum mihi.

Stalagmvs

Paegnium vocitatust, post vos indidistis Tyndaro.

Philocrates

Cur ego te non novi?
985

Stalagmvs

Quia mos est oblivisci hominibus

neque novisse cuius nihili sit faciunda gratia.

Philocrates

Dic mihi, isne istíc fuit, quem vendidisti meo patri,

qui mihi peculiaris datus est?

Stalagmvs

Huius filius.

Hegio

Vivitne is homo?

Stalagmvs

Argentum accepi, nil curavi ceterum.

Hegio

Quid tu ais?
990

Philocrates

Quin istic ipsust Tyndarus tuos filius,

ut quidem hic árgumenta loquitur. nam is mecum a puero puer

bene pudiceque educatust usque ad adulescentiam.

Hegio

Et miser sum et fortunatus, si vos vera dicitis;

eo miser sum quia male illi feci, si gnatust meus.

eheu, quóm ego plus minusve feci quam me aequom fuit.
995

quod male feci crucior; modo si infectum fieri possiet.

sed eccum incedit huc ornatus haúd ex suis virtutibus.

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PHILOCRATES

Hegio, here am I; if you want anything of me, command me.

HEGIO

He (pointing to STALAGMUS) declares that he sold my son to your father, in Elis, for six minae.

PHILOCRATES
(to STALAGMUS.)

How long since did that happen?
980

STALAGMUS

This is the twentieth year, commencing from it.

PHILOCRATES

He is speaking falsely.

STALAGMUS

Either I or you do. Why, your father gave you the little child, of four years old, to be your own slave.

PHILOCRATES

What was his name? If you are speaking the truth, tell me that, then.

STALAGMUS

Paegnium, he used to be called; afterwards, you gave him the name of Tyndarus.

PHILOCRATES

Why don’t I recollect you?
985

STALAGMUS

Because it’s the fashion for persons to forget, and not to know him whose favour is esteemed as worth nothing.

PHILOCRATES

Tell me, was he the person whom you sold to my father, who was given me for my private service?

STALAGMUS

It was his son.

(pointing to HEGIO.)

HEGIO

Is this person now living?

STALAGMUS

I received the money I cared nothing about the rest.

HEGIO
(to PHILOCRATES.)

What do you say?
990

PHILOCRATES

Why, this very Tyndarus is your son, according, indeed, to the proofs that he mentions. For, a boy himself together with me from boyhood was he brought up, virtuously and modestly, even to manhood.

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Philocrates Hegio, assum. si quid me vis, impera.

Hegio Hic gnatum meum tuo patri ait se vendidisse sex minis in Alide.

Philocrates Quam diu id factum est? 980

Stalagmvs Hic annus incipit vicensimus.

Philocrates Falsa memorat.

Stalagmvs Aut ego aut tu. nam tibi quadrimulum tuos pater peculiarem parvolo puero dedit.

Philocrates Quid erat ei nomen? si vera dicis, memoradum mihi.

Stalagmvs Paegnium vocitatust, post vos indidistis Tyndaro.

Philocrates Cur ego te non novi? 985

Stalagmvs Quia mos est oblivisci hominibus neque novisse cuius nihili sit faciunda gratia.

Philocrates Dic mihi, isne istíc fuit, quem vendidisti meo patri, qui mihi peculiaris datus est?

Stalagmvs Huius filius.

Hegio Vivitne is homo?

Stalagmvs Argentum accepi, nil curavi ceterum.

Hegio Quid tu ais? 990

Philocrates Quin istic ipsust Tyndarus tuos filius, ut quidem hic árgumenta loquitur. nam is mecum a puero puer bene pudiceque educatust usque ad adulescentiam.

Hegio Et miser sum et fortunatus, si vos vera dicitis; eo miser sum quia male illi feci, si gnatust meus. eheu, quóm ego plus minusve feci quam me aequom fuit. 995 quod male feci crucior; modo si infectum fieri possiet. sed eccum incedit huc ornatus haúd ex suis virtutibus.

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PHILOCRATES Hegio, here am I; if you want anything of me, command me.

HEGIO He (pointing to STALAGMUS) declares that he sold my son to your father, in Elis, for six minae.

PHILOCRATES (to STALAGMUS.) How long since did that happen? 980

STALAGMUS This is the twentieth year, commencing from it.

PHILOCRATES He is speaking falsely.

STALAGMUS Either I or you do. Why, your father gave you the little child, of four years old, to be your own slave.

PHILOCRATES What was his name? If you are speaking the truth, tell me that, then.

STALAGMUS Paegnium, he used to be called; afterwards, you gave him the name of Tyndarus.

PHILOCRATES Why don’t I recollect you? 985

STALAGMUS Because it’s the fashion for persons to forget, and not to know him whose favour is esteemed as worth nothing.

PHILOCRATES Tell me, was he the person whom you sold to my father, who was given me for my private service?

STALAGMUS It was his son. (pointing to HEGIO.)

HEGIO Is this person now living?

STALAGMUS I received the money I cared nothing about the rest.

HEGIO (to PHILOCRATES.) What do you say? 990

PHILOCRATES Why, this very Tyndarus is your son, according, indeed, to the proofs that he mentions. For, a boy himself together with me from boyhood was he brought up, virtuously and modestly, even to manhood.

Stable identifiers

Philocrates

Hegio, assum. si quid me vis, impera.

Hegio

Hic gnatum meum

tuo patri ait se vendidisse sex minis in Alide.

Philocrates

Quam diu id factum est?
980

Stalagmvs

Hic annus incipit vicensimus.

Philocrates

Falsa memorat.

Stalagmvs

Aut ego aut tu. nam tibi quadrimulum

tuos pater peculiarem parvolo puero dedit.

Philocrates

Quid erat ei nomen? si vera dicis, memoradum mihi.

Stalagmvs

Paegnium vocitatust, post vos indidistis Tyndaro.

Philocrates

Cur ego te non novi?
985

Stalagmvs

Quia mos est oblivisci hominibus

neque novisse cuius nihili sit faciunda gratia.

Philocrates

Dic mihi, isne istíc fuit, quem vendidisti meo patri,

qui mihi peculiaris datus est?

Stalagmvs

Huius filius.

Hegio

Vivitne is homo?

Stalagmvs

Argentum accepi, nil curavi ceterum.

Hegio

Quid tu ais?
990

Philocrates

Quin istic ipsust Tyndarus tuos filius,

ut quidem hic árgumenta loquitur. nam is mecum a puero puer

bene pudiceque educatust usque ad adulescentiam.

Hegio

Et miser sum et fortunatus, si vos vera dicitis;

eo miser sum quia male illi feci, si gnatust meus.

eheu, quóm ego plus minusve feci quam me aequom fuit.
995

quod male feci crucior; modo si infectum fieri possiet.

sed eccum incedit huc ornatus haúd ex suis virtutibus.

PHILOCRATES

Hegio, here am I; if you want anything of me, command me.

HEGIO

He (pointing to STALAGMUS) declares that he sold my son to your father, in Elis, for six minae.

PHILOCRATES
(to STALAGMUS.)

How long since did that happen?
980

STALAGMUS

This is the twentieth year, commencing from it.

PHILOCRATES

He is speaking falsely.

STALAGMUS

Either I or you do. Why, your father gave you the little child, of four years old, to be your own slave.

PHILOCRATES

What was his name? If you are speaking the truth, tell me that, then.

STALAGMUS

Paegnium, he used to be called; afterwards, you gave him the name of Tyndarus.

PHILOCRATES

Why don’t I recollect you?
985

STALAGMUS

Because it’s the fashion for persons to forget, and not to know him whose favour is esteemed as worth nothing.

PHILOCRATES

Tell me, was he the person whom you sold to my father, who was given me for my private service?

STALAGMUS

It was his son.

(pointing to HEGIO.)

HEGIO

Is this person now living?

STALAGMUS

I received the money I cared nothing about the rest.

HEGIO
(to PHILOCRATES.)

What do you say?
990

PHILOCRATES

Why, this very Tyndarus is your son, according, indeed, to the proofs that he mentions. For, a boy himself together with me from boyhood was he brought up, virtuously and modestly, even to manhood.