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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.
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Pseudolus. Pseudolus, whose name means “liar” in Greek, is...
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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.
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.
The great achievement of Pseudolus in this scene is that he manages to connect the two tasks: he persuades Simo to promise him twenty minas if he can get Phoenicium away from Ballio. Callipho is asked to stay in town as a witness and to make sure that Simo will pay in the end if Pseudolus can keep his promise to abduct Phoenicium from Ballio ...
Sep 5, 2023 · Last Updated September 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 ...
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Quite so, you’ve been looking down on me for a long time now, I can feel it. I understand myself that you have little faith in me. You wish me to be useless; still, I’ll be useful. simo. Please open the portals of your ears, Pseudolus, so that 470 my words can go where I want them to. pseu. Go on, say anything you like, even if I’m angry ...
