Excerpt from Scenes From the Rudens of Plautus
Scene. The sea-coast of Africa, near the Greek colony of Cyrene. A steep rock runs out upon the beach; on the left, behind, is a small temple of Venus with an altar in front on the right, but out of sight, the house of Daemones, an Athenian, who has settled there.
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Excerpt from Scenes From the Rudens of Plautus
Scene. The sea-coast of Africa, near the Greek colony of Cyrene. A steep rock runs out upon the beach; on the left, behind, is a small temple of Venus with an altar in front on the right, but out of sight, the house of Daemones, an Athenian, who has settled there.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Scenes From the Rudens of Plautus
And all alone. Poor wretches! What distress! Good Splendid Towards the shore a wave has turned them Off from that rock! No pilot could do better. I think I never saw such towering billows. If only they can weather that great wave, The two are safe. Now, now it comes. One's lost, Washed overboard I - but in a shallow place: She'll swim to land with ease. Hurrah! She's risen! She comes this way! She's safe! And now her friend Has leapt to shore out from the boat, - but no, She's down, her trembling knees have sunk in the waves! She's out! She's saved! She's on the shore at last, But tow'rd the right she's turned, - to ruin, sure; Sadly astray she'll be. Da. What's that to you? So. If down upon that rock for which she's making She chance to fall, her straying days are over. Da. If you're to dine at their expense, my man, You may look after them 3 if at my house, I think you'd better attend to me instead. Sc. That's sound enough. Da. Then follow me. Sc. Aye, aye.
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