COMPLETE[PLAY]Phormio by Terence - thw

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Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite by Terence (c.195 BC - 159 BC). Translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1816 - 1878)

"Chremes and Demipho are two aged Athenians, brothers. Nausistrata, the wife of Chremes, is a wealthy woman, possessed of large estates in the island of Lemnos. Chremes, who goes thither yearly to receive the rents, meets with a poor woman there, whom he secretly marries, and has by her a daughter called Phanium: while engaged in this intrigue, Chremes passes at Lemnos by the name of Stilpho. By his wife, Nausistrata, at Athens, Chremes has a son, named Phædria, and his brother has a son, named Antipho." Got all that? And so now, "Phanium having now arrived at her fifteenth year, the two brothers privately agree that she shall be brought to Athens and married to Antipho."
( Translator and ToddHW)
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  • Here we go with the last of the plays by Terence. Boo hoo. Keeping up with this year's Oscars, it is about a scheming Parasite!

    Gender neutral. Since Kitty put up with me as Geta in the previous Terence, this time she will be Geta as well as your ever-fabulous DPL.

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      • Project Code: TeOb0Ris
      • Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): ( Terence) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence
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      • Number of sections (files) this project will have: 40
      • Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
      • Original publication date (if known): 200BC
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        Genres for the project: Plays/Comedy

        Keywords that describe the book: farce, antiquity, parasite

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        At the end: End of Act [#].

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Post by bluechien »

Can I claim "Naus."? :lol:
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Thank you.

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Post by NemoR »

Dorio please! :D
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Thank you.

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Post by alanmapstone »

Can I take Chremes? Aged Athenian again :hmm:
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Post by Kitty »

oh already launched ! Putting it on my DPL list before I hop into bed. And the role of Geta...I hope I will be up to the task.

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Post by WiltedScribe »

I'd like to play Antipho!
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Post by SonOfTheExiles »

You'd think that Chremes would've stopped at bigamy, but he actually took a third wife and hence committed trigonometry.

Hegio, please.


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Trigonometry? Just like I did in In Chancery...!

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Post by Algy Pug »

Can I read the role of Demipho?

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Post by alanmapstone »

Algy Pug wrote: May 10th, 2020, 6:44 pm Can I read the role of Demipho?
Hi Algy! Looks like we are brothers on this one, a pair of aged Athenians 😸
Hope you are keeping safe and healthy.
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Post by adrianstephens »

I'd like to play Phædria, thanks.
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