Captivi · 1852
The Acrostic Argument
Translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1852)
One son of Hegio has been made prisoner (Captus) in battle. A runaway slave has sold the other (Alium) when four years old. The father (Pater) traffics in Elean captives, only (Tantum) desirous that he may recover his son, and (Et) among these he buys his son that was formerly lost. He (Is), his clothes and his name changed with his master, causes that (Ut) he is lost to Hegio; and he himself is punished. And (Et) he brings back the captive and the runaway together, through whose information (Indicio) he discovers his other.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Plautus. Captivi, The Acrostic Argument. Translated by Henry Thomas Riley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/plautus-captivi-riley/1/.
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Plautus. Captivi, The Acrostic Argument. Translated by Henry Thomas Riley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/plautus-captivi-riley/1/.