Classical Comedy by Aristophanes & Menander & Plautus & Terence

Author:Aristophanes & Menander & Plautus & Terence
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Drama, Ancient & Classical, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), General, Literary Collections
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2006-09-28T05:32:11+00:00

NIKERATOS: In our house.

MOSCHION: What a terrible thing. Quite extraordinary.

NIKERATOS: You think so? Then… [They go on speaking quietly together]

[Enter DEMEAS from his house, speaking back over his shoulder]

DEMEAS: If I get my hands on a stick, I’ll knock tears out of [440] you all right. Stop this nonsense! Get on and help the cook. [Sarcastically] There’s really something to cry about, I must say; our house has lost a really valuable treasure. Her behaviour makes that quite clear. [He bows to the altar] Grant us, Lord, successfully to effect this marriage we are about to celebrate. For [turning to the audience] celebrate it I shall, Ladies and Gentlemen, and swallow my rage. [He turns back to the altar] Guard me, O Lord, from self-betrayal, and constrain me to sing the marriage-hymn. [Gloomily] I’ll not be in very good voice, in my present mood, but what of it? Who cares what happens now?5 [450]

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