Publius Terentius Afer (Terence), Hecyra, ed. Edward St. John Parry, 2.3

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274 (SOSTRATA.)

Sostrata

Edepol ne nos sumus inique aeque omnes invisae viris,

Propter paucas, quae omnes faciunt dignae ut videamur malo.
275

Nam, ita me Di ament, quod me accusat nunc vir sum extra noxiam.

Sed non facile est expurgatu; ita animum induxerunt socrus

Omnes esse iniquas: haud pol me quidem; nam nunquam secus

Habui illam ac si ex me esset nata: nec qui hoc mihi eveniat scio;

Nisi pol filium multimodis iam exspecto ut redeat domum.
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Hecyra. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). ed. Edward St. John Parry. London. 1857.

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

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Hecyra; The Mother-in-Law Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 2.3 focus

274 (SOSTRATA alone.)

SOSTRATA

Upon my faith, we assuredly are all of us hated by our husbands with equal injustice,

on account of a few, who cause us all to appear deserving of harsh treatment. For, so may. the Gods prosper me, as to what my husband accuses me of, I am quite guiltless. But it is not so easy to clear myself, so strongly have people come to the conclusion that all step-mothers are harsh: i’ faith, not I, indeed, for I never regarded her otherwise than if she had been my own daughter; nor can I conceive how this has befallen me.
275

But really, for many reasons, I long for my son’s return home with impatience. (Goes into her house.)
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Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) Hecyra 2.3

ed. Edward St. John Parry

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