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- Pseudolus and Calidorus implore him to have mercy on Phoenicium, but Ballio is relentless. He tells them that if the soldier’s slave doesn’t appear by the end of the day, he will sell Phoenicium to Calidorus, as long as Calidorus provides him with the money. After Ballio leaves, Pseudolus asks Calidorus to find an additional friend to help them.
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After Ballio leaves, Pseudolus asks Calidorus to find an additional friend to help them. Pseudolus tells the audience that he actually doesn’t have a plan but that he is confident he’ll succeed. As Simo approaches, he vows to somehow obtain the money from him.
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At this time, Calidorus tells Pseudolus to be quiet, saying he hears the pimp Ballio, Phoenicium's master, leaving his house. Ballio enters the stage addressing his slaves, telling them that they aren't worth their keep and that they don't know how to behave.
After Ballio leaves, Pseudolus says to carry out his plan, they will need a reliable friend to help them. Calidorus says they “have no shortage of friends—just of reliable ones” (390). Pseudolus tells him to find the best one he can.
Pseudolus sends Calidorus away to find a reliable friend so as to accomplish the first task together with him. In the fourth scene (ll. 394–414) Pseudolus delivers a soliloquy and expresses his worries.
Calidorus' Surprise: A Scene of Plautus' Pseudolus 133 has argued that the two-stage sale of Phoenicium to the Mace donian soldier is 'characteristically Greek', while Pseudolus' idea (implied by 112ff.) that if Calidorus paid Ballio the total sum of 20 minas before the soldier handed over his remaining 5 minas,
Sep 5, 2023 · The opening situation is that Calidorus is upset because he has a letter from his love, a slave woman named Phoenicium, that says that her master is going to sell her and tear her away from...
When Simo expresses doubt, Ballio tells him that if Pseudolus steals Phoenicium, Ballio will give Simo the twenty minae himself. He also suggests that if Phoenicium has been turned over to Calidorus , Simo can take her for himself.