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of Nature, or of the higher thought and emotions of men, the pure | 48,323 |
Securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo;-- | 48,323 |
and this criticism is to a great extent true. His object was to | 48,323 |
give the largest amount of immediate amusement. He was not a | 48,323 |
Set quasi poeta, tabulas quom cepit sibi, | 48,323 |
Quaerit quod nusquamst gentium, reperit tamen; | 48,323 |
and he speaks of the pleasure which he took in his play | 48,323 |
'Epidicus.' Cicero also testifies to the joy which he derived | 48,323 |
from two of the works of his old age, the Pseudolus and the | 48,323 |
Truculentus. But his delight was that of a vigorous creator, not | 48,323 |
of a painstaking artist. | 48,323 |
Postremo in magno populo, in multis hominibus, | 48,323 |
Re placida atque otiosa, victis hostibus. | 48,323 |
Amare oportet omnes, qui quod dent habent. | 48,323 |
With this new sense of freedom and of fullness of life, the old | 48,323 |
restraints of religion and of the morality bound up with it were | 48,323 |
increased contact with the mind and life of the Greeks powerfully | 48,323 |
Desidiose agere aetatem lustrisque perire. | 48,323 |
Viscera magnarum domuum dominique futuri. | 48,323 |
Aebutius and the freedwoman Hispala Fecenia bring to mind those | 48,323 |
from any direct dealing with the delicate subject of Roman social | 48,323 |
witnessing a spectacle of Greek life. | 48,323 |
courtesy, and the like. The very fluency, copiousness, and verve | 48,323 |
familiar to Romans--towns in Italy, streets, markets, gates, | 48,323 |
in Rome; of Roman magistrates and other officials, Quaestors, | 48,323 |
Aediles, Praetors, Tresviri, Publicani; they allude to the public | 48,323 |
of foreign luxuries at the same time, the extreme frequency with | 48,323 |
the lex alearia, probably passed about this time to resist the | 48,323 |
Non matronarum officium est, sed meretricium, | 48,323 |
Viris alienis, mi vir, subblandirier-- | 48,323 |
obsidendi vias, et viros alienos appellandi?... An blandiores in | 48,323 |
publico quam in privato, et alienis quam vestris estis?' The | 48,323 |
Again, the great fertility of Plautus and his many-sided contact | 48,323 |
with life are apparent in the number and variety of his metaphors | 48,323 |
Viden hostis tibi adesse, tuoque tergo obsidium? Consule, | 48,323 |
Coge in obsidium perduellis, nostris praesidium para. | 48,323 |
Interclude conmeatum inimicis, tibi moeni viam, | 48,323 |
Qua cibatus conmeatusque ad te et legionis tuas | 48,323 |
Tuto possit pervenire. Hanc rem age: res subitariast. | 48,323 |
We are less able to speak of his originality in the selection of | 48,323 |
Hi senes nisi fuissent nihili jam inde ab adulescentia, | 48,323 |
Non hodie hoc tantum flagitium facerent canis capitibus, | 48,323 |
away by the apparition of his wife, and the wrathful and scornful | 48,323 |
Hic senex siquid clam uxorem suo animo fecit volup | 48,323 |
Neque novom neque mirum fecit nec secus quam alii solent. | 48,323 |
There are two or three other plays in which a father appears as | 48,323 |
the rival of his son. None of the characters in Plautus, not even | 48,323 |
Noli minitari: scio crucem futuram mihi sepulchrum: | 48,323 |
Ibi mei sunt maiores siti, pater, avos, proavos, abavos, | 48,323 |
Non possunt tuis minaciis hisce oculi mi ecfodiri. | 48,323 |
Securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,-- | 48,323 |
is peculiarly applicable. No less suitable 'Deus ex machina' than | 48,323 |
Several other plays turn upon similar 'frustrationes.' Two of the | 48,323 |
affection. There are none of the baser or more brutal characters | 48,323 |
The 'Trinummus,' if less amusing than most of the other plays of | 48,323 |
Di divites sunt, deos decent opuleutiae | 48,323 |
Et factiones: verum nos homunculi | 48,323 |
Scintillula animae, quam quom extemplo emisimus, | 48,323 |
Aequo mendicus atque ille opulentissimus | 48,323 |
Censetur censu ad Acheruntem mortuos,-- | 48,323 |
'Quist imperator divom atque hominum Iuppiter, | 48,323 |
Is nos per gentis hic alium alia disparat, | 48,323 |
Hominum qui facta, mores, pietatem et fidem | 48,323 |
Noscamus, ut quemque adjuvet opulentia. | 48,323 |
Manus mihi date, exurgite a pedibus ambae, | 48,323 |
Misericordior nulla mest feminarum; | 48,323 |
Tibi auscultamus et, Venus alma, ambae te opsecramus | 48,323 |
Aram amplexantes hanc tuam lacrumantes, genibus nixae, | 48,323 |
In custodelam nos tuam ut recipias et tutere, etc. | 48,323 |
Even the moral sentiment expressed is of a finer quality than the | 48,323 |
Isto tu's pauper, quom nimis sancte piu's-- | 48,323 |
O Gripe Gripe, in aetate hominum plurimae | 48,323 |
Fiunt transennae, [illi] ubi decipiuntur dolis. | 48,323 |
Atque edepol in eas plerumque esca inponitur, | 48,323 |
Quam siquis avidus poscit escam avariter, | 48,323 |
Decipitur in transenna avaritia sua. | 48,323 |
Ille qui consulte, docte atque astute cavet, | 48,323 |
Diutine uti ei bene licet partum bene. | 48,323 |
Mi istaec videtur praeda praedatum irier, | 48,323 |
Majore ut cum dote abeat hinc quam advenerit. | 48,323 |
Egone ut quod ad me adlatum esse alienum sciam | 48,323 |
Celem? minume istuc faciet noster Daemones. | 48,323 |
Semper cavere hoc sapientes aequissumum'st, | 48,323 |
Ne conscii sint ipsi maleficii suis. | 48,323 |
Ego nisi quom lusim nil morer ullum lucrum. | 48,323 |
Dum ne ob malefacta, peream: parvi id aestimo. | 48,323 |
Si ego hic peribo, ast ille, ut dixit, non redit, | 48,323 |
At erit mi hoc factum mortuo memorabile, | 48,323 |
Me meum erum captum ex servitute atque hostibus | 48,323 |
Reducem fecisse liberum in patriam ad patrem, | 48,323 |
Meumque potius me caput periculo | 48,323 |
Hic praeoptavisse quam is periret ponere-- | 48,323 |
enable us to feel that some of the glory of the older and nobler | 48,323 |
Quam non adstricto percurrat pulpita socco, | 48,323 |
Ita erae meae hodie contigit: nam ubi partuis deos sibi invocat, | 48,323 |
Strepitus, crepitus, sonitus, tonitrus: subito ut propere, ut | 48,323 |
valide tonuit. | 48,323 |
Ubi quisque institerat, concidit crepitu: ibi nescio quis maxuma | 48,323 |
Voce exclamat: 'Alcumena, adest auxilium, ne time: | 48,323 |
Et tibi et tuis propitius caeli cultor advenit. | 48,323 |