This city here is Thebes. In that house there (_pointing_)
dwells Amphitryon, born in Argos, of an Argive father: and
his wife is Alcmena, Electrus’s daughter. At present this
Amphitryon is at the head of the Theban army, the Thebans
being at war with the Teloboians.

is prius quam hinc abut ipsemet in exercitum,
gravidam Alcumenam uxorem fecit suam.
nam ego vos novisse credo iam ut sit pater meus,
quam liber harum rerum multarum siet
quantusque amator sit quod complacitum est semel.

Before he himself left to join his troops, his wife,
Alcmena, was with child by him. (_apologetically_) Now I
think you know already what my father is like--how free he
is apt to be in a good many cases of this sort and what an
impetuous lover he is, once his fancy is taken.

is amare occepit Alcumenam clam virum
usuramque eius corporis cepit sibi,
et gravidam fecit is eam compressu suo.
nunc de Alcumena ut rem teneatis rectius, 110
utrimque est gravida, et ex viro et ex summo Iove.

Well, Alcmena caught his fancy, without her husband knowing
it, and he enjoyed her and got her with child. So now
Alcmena, that you may see it quite clearly, is with child
by both of them, by her husband and by almighty Jove.