Aulularia; or, The Concealed Treasure · 1852
The Acrostic Argument
Translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1852)
A pot (Aulam) that he has found full of gold, Euclio watches with the greatest strictness (Vt), being distracted in a dreadful manner. Lyconides (Lyconides) debauches his daughter. Megadorus wishes (Vult) to marry her without a portion, and to do it in a cheerful way (Lubens), he provides cooks with provisions. Euclio is afraid on account of the gold (Auro); he drives them out of the house; and the whole matter (Re) having been seen, the servant of the ravisher steals it (Id). He discloses the matter to Euclio; by (Ab) him he is presented with the gold, a wife, and a son.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Plautus. Aulularia; or, The Concealed Treasure, The Acrostic Argument. Translated by Henry Thomas Riley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/plautus-aulularia-riley/1/.
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Plautus. Aulularia; or, The Concealed Treasure, The Acrostic Argument. Translated by Henry Thomas Riley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/plautus-aulularia-riley/1/.