Pseudolus (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Plautus
- First Published: 191
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Late third century
- Setting: Athens
- Principal Characters: Simo, Calidorus, Pseudolus, Ballio, Harpax, Simia, Phoenicium
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Tricks, Love or romance, Slavery or slaves, Servants, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Athens, ancient, Greece, ancient
The Story:
Pseudolus, a servant of the Athenian Simo, observed one day that his master’s son Calidorus was deeply despondent about something. Questioning him on the matter, Pseudolus was given a letter from Phoenicium, a slave girl with whom Calidorus was in love. She had written that Ballio, her master, had sold her to a Macedonian military officer for the sum of twenty minae. However, the transaction was not yet complete; the officer had given Ballio fifteen minae to seal the bargain and had arranged that Phoenicium was to be delivered to a servant of his who would bring...
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