The Portable Roman Reader (Portable Library) - Plot & Excerpts
B.C.-184 B.C.) Amphitryon Translated by Sir Robert Allison CHARACTERS MERCURY, disguised asSosia SOSIA, slave of Amphitryon JUPITER, disguised as Amphitryon ALCMENA, wife of Amphitryon AMPHITRYON, leader of the Theban army BLEPHARO, a pilot BROMIA, maid-servant of Alcmena THESSALA (persona muta), a maid-servant SCENE: A street in Thebes in front of the house of Amphitryon. PROLOGUE MERCURY (disguised as Sosia): As you in all your mer chandisings wish, Whether you buy or sell, that I should help And render aid in everything you do, And see that all your businesses and plans Should turn out well, whether they be at home Or else abroad, and bless you with a rich And full reward in all you are engaged, Or will engage in, still to you and yours Bring tidings of success, and still report Of all that may be for your common good; For you already know the gods have given And granted me a preference as to news And trade; and, as you wish, I still should try To bless, and bring to you perpetual gain; Listen in silence to this comedy, As fair, impartial arbiters should do.
What do You think about The Portable Roman Reader (Portable Library)?
