Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi - Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two - Bacchises, The Captives by Titus Maccius Plautus
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iure iniustas. When my lord Amphitryon noted this, he straightway ordered that the cavalry on our right be led to the charge. Swift they obey, and with terrific yells swooping down from the right in mad career they mangle and trample underfoot the forces of our foes and right our wrongs. (_wipes his brow and meditates_) _Mer._ Numquam etiam quicquam adhuc verborum est prolocutus perperam: namque ego fui illi in re praesenti et meus, cum pugnatum est, pater. (_aside_) Not a single, solitary word of fiction has he uttered yet: for I was there myself while the battle was actually going on, and my father too. _Sos._ Perduelles penetrant se in fugam; ibi nostris animus additust: 250 vortentibus Telobois telis complebantur corpora, ipsusque Amphitruo regem Pterelam sua obtruncavit manu. haec illic est pugnata pugna usque a mani ad vesperum-- hoc adeo hoc commemini magis, quia illo die inpransus fui-- sed proelium id tandem diremit nox interventu suo. (_gathering himself together_) Their warriors take to flight; at this new courage animates our men. When the |
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