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He gives them orders to go to work, insisting that they persuade their lovers to provide presents (corn, meat, oil, and farm produce respectively). Then he sets off for the market again. Calidorus, who is listening, despairs, but Pseudolus says he has a plan. Pseudolus calls to Ballio and tries to stop him.
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.
Sep 5, 2023 · Pseudolus assures Calidorus that he’ll just figure out some way to trick his own master, Simo, into giving them the money. A complex plot then follows, which involves creating a letter from the ...
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 ...
Pseudolus. Pseudolus, whose name means “liar” in Greek, is the slave of Simo. He is also the confidante of Simo’s son, Calidorus. When Calidorus laments that his lover, the prostitute Phoenicium, is going to be sold to a Macedonian soldier, Pseudolus promises Calidorus that he will help him obtain the money to buy her himself.
Sep 5, 2023 · Pseudolus, a slave owned by Simo, determines to help his master's son, Calidorus. He applies his considerable wiles and enlists the help of numerous friends in rescuing Phoenicium from this ...
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Oct 11, 2013 · This allows him to trick Balio into giving him the money that he and Calidorus needed to get Phoenicium back, as well as having extra; “I’m going to employ some artful diplomacy, and cunning tactics, in order to remove neatly from his grasp the singing girl”, this also telling us just how Pseudolus knows that his plan is very cunning of ...
