Comedy · 1852

Aulularia; or, The Concealed Treasure

The Pot of Gold

by Plautus

Translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1852)

A comedy of Euclio, a miser who has found a pot of gold hidden by his grandfather and cannot rest for fear of thieves, while a rich neighbour asks for his daughter's hand, a slave steals the pot, and the girl's secret comes out. The ending is lost. Molière drew on it for L'Avare.

Contents · 29 parts

• Dramatis Personae11 lines
• The Acrostic Argument1 paragraph
• The Prologue2 paragraphs
• Act I, Scene I8 paragraphs
• Act I, Scene II2 paragraphs
• Act I, Scene III12 paragraphs
• Act II, Scene I39 lines
• Act II, Scene II64 lines
• Act II, Scene III6 paragraphs
• Act III, Scene I48 lines
• Act III, Scene II15 lines
• Act III, Scene III2 paragraphs
• Act III, Scene IV4 paragraphs
• Act III, Scene V2 paragraphs
• Act III, Scene VI2 paragraphs
• Act III, Scene VII23 lines
• Act III, Scene VIII7 lines
• Act III, Scene IX2 paragraphs
• Act III, Scene X33 paragraphs
• Act IV, Scene I2 paragraphs
• Act IV, Scene II3 paragraphs
• Act IV, Scene III44 lines
• Act IV, Scene IV2 paragraphs
• Act IV, Scene V3 paragraphs
• Act IV, Scene VI8 paragraphs
• Act V, Scene I2 paragraphs
• Act V, Scene II2 paragraphs
• Act V, Scene III64 lines
• Act V, Scene IV32 lines

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