Comedy · 1852

Amphitryon

Jupiter in Disguise

by Plautus

Translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1852)

Jupiter takes the shape of the Theban general Amphitryon, and Mercury that of his slave Sosia, so that the god may spend the night with Alcmena while her husband is at the wars; when the true master and servant come home, nobody in the house can tell who is who, until Jupiter shows himself and Alcmena has borne twins, Hercules and Iphiclus.

Contents · 22 parts

• Dramatis Personae9 lines
• The Subject1 paragraph
• The Acrostic Argument1 paragraph
• The Prologue3 paragraphs
• Act I, Scene I145 paragraphs
• Act I, Scene II2 paragraphs
• Act I, Scene III31 lines
• Act I, Scene IV2 paragraphs
• Act II, Scene I57 lines
• Act II, Scene IIabout 170 lines
• Act III, Scene I2 paragraphs
• Act III, Scene II24 paragraphs
• Act III, Scene III13 lines
• Act III, Scene IV2 paragraphs
• Act IV, Scene I2 paragraphs
• Act IV, Scene II2 paragraphs
• Act IV, Scene III41 lines
• Act IV, Scene IV47 lines
• Act IV, Scene V15 lines
• Act IV, Scene VI37 lines
• Act V, Scene I30 paragraphs
• Act V, Scene II4 paragraphs

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