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Nov 3, 2020 · Pseudolus: or, The Cheat by Titus Maccius PLAUTUS (254 BCE - 184 BCE), translated by Henry Thomas RILEY (1816 - 1878)Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiq...
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Alone on stage, Pseudolus boasts of his ability to carry about schemes. Soon Pseudolus encounters Harpax, the Macedonian soldier’s slave, who is looking for Ballio. Pseudolus pretends to be Ballio’s slave, Surus, and tells Harpax he can leave the money for Phoenicium with him. Harpax refuses, but he does leave a sealed letter from his master.
Class does not equal intelligence: With the stock character, the clever slave (played by Pseudolus), the audience gets a glimpse that, despite the assumptions that Pseudolus, a slave, cannot possibly outwit the upperclass citizens, Ballio and Simo, this indeed does occur. Pseudolus is able to prove just how clever he is by fooling multiple others in order to help his owner's son, Calidorus.
Sep 5, 2023 · Pseudolus was written by Titus Maccius Plautus and is one of the oldest plays that survives from ancient Rome. The play begins with a warning that it’s long. After that, the story opens with two ...
Pseudolus is frustrated that Simo’s knowledge of his plan presents an unexpected complication. Noticing Pseudolus, Simo tells Callipho he wants him tortured; Callipho tells him to ask about the rumors. In response to Pseudolus’s witty comments, Simo notes that Pseudolus is “high and mighty” (458); Callipho agrees there is “no lack of ...
Important Quotes. "As the grass of summer, so brief is my life: Quickly did I rise, so quickly was I mowed down." (Scene 1 , Lines 38-39) Calidorus, with great melodrama, explains to Pseudolus that his lover, the prostitute Phoenicium, is about to be sold by Ballio to a Macedonian soldier. Calidorus’s overblown language annoys Pseudolus, who ...
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Sep 5, 2023 · Pseudolus is a comedy with many elements of farce. While it pokes fun at the individual characters’ foibles, and its action hinges on stock devices such as deceit, disguise, and mistaken ...
