Publius Terentius Afer (Terence), Heautontimorumenos, ed. Edward St. John Parry, 2.4

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381 (BACCHIS. ANTIPHILA. CLINIA. SYRUS.)

BACCHIS

Edepol te, mea Antiphila, laudo et fortunatam iudico,

Id quum studuisti, isti formae ut mores consimiles forent:

Minimeque, ita me Di ament, miror, si te sibi quisque expetit.

Nam mihi quale ingenium haberes fuit indicio oratio.

Et quum egomet nunc mecum in animo vitam tuam considero,
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Omniumque adeo vestrarum vulgus quae abs se segregant;

Et vos esse istiusmodi, et nos non esse, haud mirabile est.

Nam expedit bonas esse vobis: nos quibuscum est res non sinunt.

Quippe forma impulsi nostra nos amatores colunt:

Haec ubi immutata est, illi suum animum alio conferunt.
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Nisi si prospectum interea aliquid est, desertae vivimus.

Vobis cum uno semel ubi aetatem agere decretum est viro,

Cuius mos maxime est consimilis vostrum, hi se ad vos applicant.

Hoc beneficio utrique ab utrisque vero devincimini,

Ut numquam ulla amori vestro incidere possit calamitas.
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ANTIPHILA

Nescio alias: me quidem semper scio fecisse sedulo

Ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum.

CLINIA

Ah!

Ergo, mea Antiphila, tu nunc sola reducem me in patriam facis:

Nam, dum abs te absum, omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves

Praeterquam tui carendum quod erat.
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SYRUS

Credo.

CLINIA

Syre, vix suffero.

Hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui?

SYRUS

Immo, ut patrem tuum vidi esse habitum, diu etiam duras dabit.

BACCHIS

Quisnam hic adolescens est qui intuitur nos?

ANTIPHILA

Ah, retine me, obsecro.

BACCHIS

Amabo, quid tibi est?

ANTIPHILA

Disperii, perii misera.

BACCHIS

Quid stupes,

Antiphila?
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ANTIPHILA

Videon Cliniam an non?

BACCHIS

Quem vides?

CLINIA

Salve, anime mi.

ANTIPHILA

O mi exspectate, salve.

CLINIA

Ut vales?

ANTIPHILA

Salvum advenisse gaudeo.

CLINIA

Teneone te,

Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

SYRUS

Ite intro: nam vos iamdudum exspectat senex.

Heautontimorumenos. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). ed. Edward St. John Parry. London. 1857.

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Heautontimorumenos (Terence. Publii Terentii Comoediae Sex. Parry, Edward St. John, editor. London: Whittaker and Co.; George Bell, 1857.)

Translations (1)

Heautontimorumenos; or, The Self-Tormenter Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 2.4 focus

381 (Enter BACCHIS and ANTIPHILA at a distance.)

BACCHIS

Upon my word, my dear Antiphila, I commend you, and think you fortunate in having made it your study that your manners should be conformable to those good looks of yours: and so may the Gods bless me, I do not at all wonder if every man is in love with you. For your discourse has been a proof to me what kind of disposition you possess.

And when now I reflect in my mind upon your way of life, and that of all of you, in fact, who keep the public at a distance from yourselves, it is not surprising both that you are of that disposition, and that we are not; for it is your interest to be virtuous; those, with whom we are acquainted, will not allow us to be so. For our lovers, allured merely by our beauty, court us for that;
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when that has faded, they transfer their affections elsewhere; and unless we have made provision in the mean time for the future, we live in destitution. Now with you, when you have once resolved to pass your life with one man whose manners are especially kindred to your own, those persons¹ become attached to you. By this kindly feeling, you are truly devoted to each other;
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and no calamity can ever possibly interrupt your love.
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ANTIPHILA

I know nothing about other women: I’m sure that I have, indeed, always used every endeavor to derive my own happiness from his happiness.

CLINIA

(apart, overhearing ANTIPHILA.)

Ah! ’tis for that reason, my Antiphila, that you alone have now caused me to return to my native country; for while I was absent from you, all other hardships which I encountered were light to me,

save the being deprived of you.
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SYRUS

(apart.)

I believe it.

CLINIA

(apart.)

Syrus, I can scarce endure it!² Wretch that I am, that I should not be allowed to possess one of such a disposition at my own discretion!

SYRUS

Nay, so far as I understand your father, he will for a long time yet be giving you a hard task.

BACCHIS

Why, who is that young man that’s looking at us?

ANTIPHILA

(seeing CLINIA.)

Ah! do support me, I entreat you!

BACCHIS

Prithee, what is the matter with you?

ANTIPHILA

I shall die, alas! I shall die!

BACCHIS

Why are you thus surprised, Antiphila?

ANTIPHILA

Is it Clinia that I see, or not?

BACCHIS

Whom do you see?

CLINIA

(running to embrace ANTIPHILA.)

Blessings on you, my life!

ANTIPHILA

Oh my long-wished for Clinia, blessings on you!

CLINIA

How fare you, my love?

ANTIPHILA

I’m overjoyed that you have returned safe.

CLINIA

And do I embrace you, Antiphila, so passionately longed for by my soul?

SYRUS

Go in-doors; for the old gentleman has been waiting for us some time.

(They go into the house of CHREMES.)

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ANTIPHILA Nescio alias: me quidem semper scio fecisse sedulo Ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum.

CLINIA Ah! Ergo, mea Antiphila, tu nunc sola reducem me in patriam facis: Nam, dum abs te absum, omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves Praeterquam tui carendum quod erat. 400

SYRUS Credo.

CLINIA Syre, vix suffero. Hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui?

SYRUS Immo, ut patrem tuum vidi esse habitum, diu etiam duras dabit.

BACCHIS Quisnam hic adolescens est qui intuitur nos?

ANTIPHILA Ah, retine me, obsecro.

BACCHIS Amabo, quid tibi est?

ANTIPHILA Disperii, perii misera.

BACCHIS Quid stupes, Antiphila? 405

ANTIPHILA Videon Cliniam an non?

BACCHIS Quem vides?

CLINIA Salve, anime mi.

ANTIPHILA O mi exspectate, salve.

CLINIA Ut vales?

ANTIPHILA Salvum advenisse gaudeo.

CLINIA Teneone te, Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

SYRUS Ite intro: nam vos iamdudum exspectat senex.

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ANTIPHILA I know nothing about other women: I’m sure that I have, indeed, always used every endeavor to derive my own happiness from his happiness.

CLINIA (apart, overhearing ANTIPHILA.) Ah! ’tis for that reason, my Antiphila, that you alone have now caused me to return to my native country; for while I was absent from you, all other hardships which I encountered were light to me, save the being deprived of you. 400

SYRUS (apart.) I believe it.

CLINIA (apart.) Syrus, I can scarce endure it! 2 Wretch that I am, that I should not be allowed to possess one of such a disposition at my own discretion!

SYRUS Nay, so far as I understand your father, he will for a long time yet be giving you a hard task.

BACCHIS Why, who is that young man that’s looking at us?

ANTIPHILA (seeing CLINIA.) Ah! do support me, I entreat you!

BACCHIS Prithee, what is the matter with you?

ANTIPHILA I shall die, alas! I shall die!

BACCHIS Why are you thus surprised, Antiphila?

ANTIPHILA Is it Clinia that I see, or not?

BACCHIS Whom do you see?

CLINIA (running to embrace ANTIPHILA.) Blessings on you, my life!

ANTIPHILA Oh my long-wished for Clinia, blessings on you!

CLINIA How fare you, my love?

ANTIPHILA I’m overjoyed that you have returned safe.

CLINIA And do I embrace you, Antiphila, so passionately longed for by my soul?

SYRUS Go in-doors; for the old gentleman has been waiting for us some time. (They go into the house of CHREMES.)

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ANTIPHILA

Nescio alias: me quidem semper scio fecisse sedulo

Ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum.

CLINIA

Ah!

Ergo, mea Antiphila, tu nunc sola reducem me in patriam facis:

Nam, dum abs te absum, omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves

Praeterquam tui carendum quod erat.
400

SYRUS

Credo.

CLINIA

Syre, vix suffero.

Hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui?

SYRUS

Immo, ut patrem tuum vidi esse habitum, diu etiam duras dabit.

BACCHIS

Quisnam hic adolescens est qui intuitur nos?

ANTIPHILA

Ah, retine me, obsecro.

BACCHIS

Amabo, quid tibi est?

ANTIPHILA

Disperii, perii misera.

BACCHIS

Quid stupes,

Antiphila?
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ANTIPHILA

Videon Cliniam an non?

BACCHIS

Quem vides?

CLINIA

Salve, anime mi.

ANTIPHILA

O mi exspectate, salve.

CLINIA

Ut vales?

ANTIPHILA

Salvum advenisse gaudeo.

CLINIA

Teneone te,

Antiphila, maxime animo exoptata meo?

SYRUS

Ite intro: nam vos iamdudum exspectat senex.

ANTIPHILA

I know nothing about other women: I’m sure that I have, indeed, always used every endeavor to derive my own happiness from his happiness.

CLINIA

(apart, overhearing ANTIPHILA.)

Ah! ’tis for that reason, my Antiphila, that you alone have now caused me to return to my native country; for while I was absent from you, all other hardships which I encountered were light to me,

save the being deprived of you.
400

SYRUS

(apart.)

I believe it.

CLINIA

(apart.)

Syrus, I can scarce endure it!² Wretch that I am, that I should not be allowed to possess one of such a disposition at my own discretion!

SYRUS

Nay, so far as I understand your father, he will for a long time yet be giving you a hard task.

BACCHIS

Why, who is that young man that’s looking at us?

ANTIPHILA

(seeing CLINIA.)

Ah! do support me, I entreat you!

BACCHIS

Prithee, what is the matter with you?

ANTIPHILA

I shall die, alas! I shall die!

BACCHIS

Why are you thus surprised, Antiphila?

ANTIPHILA

Is it Clinia that I see, or not?

BACCHIS

Whom do you see?

CLINIA

(running to embrace ANTIPHILA.)

Blessings on you, my life!

ANTIPHILA

Oh my long-wished for Clinia, blessings on you!

CLINIA

How fare you, my love?

ANTIPHILA

I’m overjoyed that you have returned safe.

CLINIA

And do I embrace you, Antiphila, so passionately longed for by my soul?

SYRUS

Go in-doors; for the old gentleman has been waiting for us some time.

(They go into the house of CHREMES.)