Curculio, or The Forgery


Curculio, or The Forgery
By T. Maccius Plautus
Translated by: Henry Thomas Riley
London G. Bell and Sons 1912


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Introduction
   THE SUBJECT.
   THE ACROSTIC ARGUMENT. 1

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Introduction
 

Scene argument

THE ACROSTIC ARGUMENT. 1

On an errand of Phdromus, Curculio (Curculio) goes to Caria, that (Ut) he may obtain some money; there he despoils the rival (Rivalem) of Phdromus of his ring. He writes a letter, and seals it with that seal. Lyco, when he sees it, recognizes (Cognoscit) the seal of the Captain; that (Ut) he may send him his mistress, he pays the money to the Procurer. The Captain threatens to summon Lyco (Lyconem) and the Procurer to justice: he himself (Ipsus) discovers his sister that was lost, at whose request (Oratu) he gives her in marriage to Phdromus.