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Andria · 166 BC

Argument (Periocha) of Sulpicius Apollinaris

by Terence c. 195 – c. 159 BC

Translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1853)


Pamphilus seduces Glycerium, wrongfully supposed to be a sister of a Courtesan, an Andrian by birth; and she having become pregnant, he gives his word that she shall be his wife; but his father has engaged for him another, the daughter of Chremes; and when he discovers the intrigue he pretends that the nuptials are about to take place, desiring to learn what intentions his son may have. By the advice of Davus, Pamphilus does not resist; but Chremes, as soon as he has seen the little child born of Glycerium, breaks off the match, and declines him for a son-in-law. Afterward, this Glycerium, unexpectedly discovered to be his own daughter, he bestows as a wife on Pamphilus, the other on Charinus.

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Terence. Andria, Argument (Periocha) of Sulpicius Apollinaris. Translated by Henry Thomas Riley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/terence-andria-riley/0/.

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