In The Captivi, Hegio buys prisoners of war hoping to exchange one for his captured son, but the captive Philocrates and his slave Tyndarus have traded names and clothes. In The Mostellaria, a quick-witted slave convinces his returning master that his house is haunted to hide his young master’s revels. Henry Riley’s prose translation keeps the comic pace.
Two of the Roman comedies that shaped European stage farce from Shakespeare to Molière. Download the free EPUB.