Publius Terentius Afer (Terence), Eunuchus, ed. Edward St. John Parry, 3.4

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538 (ANTIPHO.)

ANTIPHO

Heri aliquot adolescentuli coimus in Piraeeo,

In hunc diem ut de symbolis essemus. Chaeream ei rei

Praefecimus; dati annuli; locus, tempus constitutum est.
540

Praeteriit tempus; quo in loco dictum est parati nihil est.

Homo ipse nusquam est; neque scio quid dicam aut quid coniectem.

Nunc mihi hoc negoti caeteri dedere ut illum quaeram;

Idque adeo visam, si domi est. Quisnam hic a Thaide exit?

Is est, an non est? ipsus est. Quid hoc hominis? qui hic ornatus est?
545

Quid illud mali est? nequeo satis mirari neque coniicere.

Nisi quicquid est, procul hinc libet prius quid sit sciscitari.

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

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

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Eunuchus; or, The Eunuch Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 3.4 focus

538 (Enter ANTIPHO.)

ANTIPHO

(to himself.)

Yesterday some young fellows of us agreed together at the Piraeus that we were to go shares today in a club-entertainment. We gave Chaerea charge of this matter;

our rings were given¹ as pledges; the place and time arranged. The time has now gone by; at the place appointed there was nothing ready. The fellow himself is nowhere to be met with; I neither know what to say nor what to suppose. Now the rest have commissioned me with his business, to look for him. I’ll go see, therefore, if he’s at home. But who’s this, I wonder, coming out of Thais’s?
540

Is it he, or is it not? ’Tis the very man! What sort of being is this? What kind of garb is this? What mischief is going on now? I can not sufficiently wonder or conjecture. But, whatever it is, I should like first at a distance to try and find out.
545
(He stands apart.)

Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) Eunuchus 3.4

ed. Edward St. John Parry

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