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Sep 5, 2023 · Pseudolus is a slave belonging to Simo and his son Calidorus. His actions center on helping Calidorus regain his beloved. A quintessential trickster character, he is not just intelligent but ...
Calidorus, Simo’s son, and Pseudolus, Simo’s slave, discuss a letter Calidorus has received from his lover, a prostitute owned by Simo’s neighbor, Ballio.Calidorus ruefully explains that Phoenicium has been sold to a Macedonian soldier and that as soon as the soldier’s slave returns with the balance and a matching seal, she will be forced to go to him.
Pseudolus acknowledges that Simia is “as wicked as me” (910) and that the gods must want to help Calidorus by sending Simia to them. Simia promises to “be a better Harpax than he is” (926). Pseudolus promises to give him “plums and perks” (947) if Simia succeeds: “Delightful delicacies, hors d’oeuvres, perfumes, liqueurs—and / A delightful lady to smother with kisses of ...
THE SUBJECT. CALIDORUS, a young Athenian, the son of Simo, is in love with Phœnicium, a young woman who belongs to Ballio, a procurer. A bargain has been made by the procurer, to sell her to a military officer for twenty minæ; fifteen of these have been paid down, and it has been agreed that when the remaining five and a certain token, with a ...
Pseudolus is a play by the ancient Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. It is one of the earliest examples of Roman literature. Pseudolus was first shown in 191 B.C. during the Megalesian Festival, [1] which was a celebration for the Greek Goddess Cybele. [2] The temple for worship of Cybele in Rome was completed during the same year in time ...
Sep 5, 2023 · Psuedolus 's action turns on the plight of two lovers, Calidorus and Phoenicium. Calidorus is an upper-class young man whose father, Simo, disapproves of his sweetheart. Phoenicium is a slave and ...
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The Pseudolus begins with the play's eponymous slave and his master Calidorus on stage together. Pseudolus wants to know the answer to two questions: why Calidorus is so wretched (4), 1 Antidosis, edited by R. Hanslik, A. Lesky and EL Schwabl (Vienna and elsewhere 1972), 2Iff. 2 See below, the Appendix on Ballio's Birthday, which includes a
