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Jupiter (Canada) (search for this): act 1, scene 2
rivals of the procurers, who, just like ourselves, by false oaths seek their gains, do you listen; unless the three larders shall be crammed for me this day with carcases of ample weight, to-morrow, just as they say that formerly the two sons of Jupiter fastened DirceFastened Dirce: Dirce was married to Lycus, the King of Thebes, after he had divorced Antiope. On this, Zethus and Amphion, the sons of the latter by Jupiter, caused the supplanter of their mother to be fastened to the tail of a wJupiter, caused the supplanter of their mother to be fastened to the tail of a wild bull, and put Lycus to death. to the bull, aye, this day as well, will I tie you up to the larder; that, in fact, shall be your bull. CALIDORUS apart. I'm quite enraged by the talk of this fellow; that we should suffer the youth of Attica to encourage hereTo encourage here: As being the minister of their pleasures. this fellow! Where are they--where are they skulking, they of mature age, who have their amorous dealings with this procurer? Why don't they meet? Why don't they one and all del
Arcadia (Greece) (search for this): act 1, scene 2
. Give attention, all of you. In the first place, Hedylium, my business is with you--you, who are the favorite of the corn-merchants, men who have, all of them, immense mountains of wheat piled up at home; take you care that wheat is brought here for me, to suffice this year to come for myself and all my household, and that I may so abound in corn that the city may change my name for me, and instead of the procurer Ballio proclaim me King lasionsKing Iasion: Iasius or Iasion, was a king of Arcadia, the father of Atalanta, who attended the hunt of the Calydonian boar, and was beloved by Meleager There was another person of the same name, who was the lover of Ceres, and was slain by the thunderbolts of Jove. As he was said to have been the father, by Ceres, of Plutus, the God of Riches, he is probably the person here referred to. CALIDORUS apart. Do you hear what the gallows-bird is saying? * * * Doesn't he seem a regular boaster to you? PSEUDOLUS apart. I' troth the fellow does, and
Tyre (Lebanon) (search for this): act 1, scene 2
asoned with oilSeasoned with oil: "Unctiusculo." The Romans used a great deal of oil in the seasoning of their dishes. for it? But I understand-- you don't care much about oil; with wine you anoint yourself. Only wait a bit; by my troth I'll punish you for all at one spell, unless indeed this day you contrive to manage all these things that I've been speaking of. But as for you, Phœnicium, I tell you this, you pet of the mighty men--you who have been for so long a time always paying down to me your money for your liberty--you who only know how to promise, but don't know how to pay what you have promised; unless this day all your keep is brought me here out of the stores of your customers, to-morrow, Phœnicium, with a true Phœnician hideTrue Phœnician hide: He puns upon her name; as "phœnicium," or "puniceum," was the name of the purple colour for which Tyre and Sidon, in Phœnicia, were so famous., you'll pay a visit to the strumpets' shambles. The SLAVES go into the house of BA
Thebes (Greece) (search for this): act 1, scene 2
"magnificus," a boaster, and "maleficus," "wicked." as well. But hush now, and give attention to this. BALLIO Æschrodora, you who have for your patrons the butchers, those rivals of the procurers, who, just like ourselves, by false oaths seek their gains, do you listen; unless the three larders shall be crammed for me this day with carcases of ample weight, to-morrow, just as they say that formerly the two sons of Jupiter fastened DirceFastened Dirce: Dirce was married to Lycus, the King of Thebes, after he had divorced Antiope. On this, Zethus and Amphion, the sons of the latter by Jupiter, caused the supplanter of their mother to be fastened to the tail of a wild bull, and put Lycus to death. to the bull, aye, this day as well, will I tie you up to the larder; that, in fact, shall be your bull. CALIDORUS apart. I'm quite enraged by the talk of this fellow; that we should suffer the youth of Attica to encourage hereTo encourage here: As being the minister of their pleasures. this fe
Sidon (Lebanon) (search for this): act 1, scene 2
soned with oilSeasoned with oil: "Unctiusculo." The Romans used a great deal of oil in the seasoning of their dishes. for it? But I understand-- you don't care much about oil; with wine you anoint yourself. Only wait a bit; by my troth I'll punish you for all at one spell, unless indeed this day you contrive to manage all these things that I've been speaking of. But as for you, Phœnicium, I tell you this, you pet of the mighty men--you who have been for so long a time always paying down to me your money for your liberty--you who only know how to promise, but don't know how to pay what you have promised; unless this day all your keep is brought me here out of the stores of your customers, to-morrow, Phœnicium, with a true Phœnician hideTrue Phœnician hide: He puns upon her name; as "phœnicium," or "puniceum," was the name of the purple colour for which Tyre and Sidon, in Phœnicia, were so famous., you'll pay a visit to the strumpets' shambles. The SLAVES go into the house of BA
Alexandria (Egypt) (search for this): act 1, scene 2
s on guard in your house. Yet, when you look at their appearance, they don't seem amiss; by their doings they deceive you. Now, therefore, unless you all of you give your attention to this charge, unless you remove drowsiness and sloth from your breasts and eyes, I'll make your sides to be right thoroughly marked with thongs, so much so that not even Campanian coverlets are coloured as well, nor yet Alexandrian tapestryAlexandrian tapestry: We learn from Pliny the Elder that the people of Alexandria excelled in weaving tapestry of many threads, which was cal ed "polymita." They excelled both the Babylonians and Phrygians in depicting birds, beasts, and human beings, upon their productions. Campania seems from the present passage to have been famous for its counterpanes. of purple embroidered with beasts all over. Even yesterday I already gave you all notice, and assigned to each his own respective employment; but so utterly worthless are you, so neglectful, of such stub-born dispositi
Campania (Italy) (search for this): act 1, scene 2
you remove drowsiness and sloth from your breasts and eyes, I'll make your sides to be right thoroughly marked with thongs, so much so that not even Campanian coverlets are coloured as well, nor yet Alexandrian tapestryAlexandrian tapestry: We learn from Pliny the Elder that the people of Alexandria excelled in weaving tapestry of many threads, which was cal ed "polymita." They excelled both the Babylonians and Phrygians in depicting birds, beasts, and human beings, upon their productions. Campania seems from the present passage to have been famous for its counterpanes. of purple embroidered with beasts all over. Even yesterday I already gave you all notice, and assigned to each his own respective employment; but so utterly worthless are you, so neglectful, of such stub-born dispositions, that you compel me to put you in mind of your duty with a basting. You are so minded I suppose, to get the better of this scourge and myself through the hardness of your hides. Never, i' faith, will
Attica (Greece) (search for this): act 1, scene 2
sons of Jupiter fastened DirceFastened Dirce: Dirce was married to Lycus, the King of Thebes, after he had divorced Antiope. On this, Zethus and Amphion, the sons of the latter by Jupiter, caused the supplanter of their mother to be fastened to the tail of a wild bull, and put Lycus to death. to the bull, aye, this day as well, will I tie you up to the larder; that, in fact, shall be your bull. CALIDORUS apart. I'm quite enraged by the talk of this fellow; that we should suffer the youth of Attica to encourage hereTo encourage here: As being the minister of their pleasures. this fellow! Where are they--where are they skulking, they of mature age, who have their amorous dealings with this procurer? Why don't they meet? Why don't they one and all deliver the public from this pestilence? But I am very simple, and very ignorant; they would venture, of course, to do that to those, to whom their passions compel them, to their misfortune, to be subservient, and, at the same time, prevent th
Ceres (Italy) (search for this): act 1, scene 2
allio proclaim me King lasionsKing Iasion: Iasius or Iasion, was a king of Arcadia, the father of Atalanta, who attended the hunt of the Calydonian boar, and was beloved by Meleager There was another person of the same name, who was the lover of Ceres, and was slain by the thunderbolts of Jove. As he was said to have been the father, by Ceres, of Plutus, the God of Riches, he is probably the person here referred to. CALIDORUS apart. Do you hear what the gallows-bird is saying? * * * Doesn't hCeres, of Plutus, the God of Riches, he is probably the person here referred to. CALIDORUS apart. Do you hear what the gallows-bird is saying? * * * Doesn't he seem a regular boaster to you? PSEUDOLUS apart. I' troth the fellow does, and a wicked oneAnd a wicked one: Pseudolus plays on the resemblance of the two words "magnificus," a boaster, and "maleficus," "wicked." as well. But hush now, and give attention to this. BALLIO Æschrodora, you who have for your patrons the butchers, those rivals of the procurers, who, just like ourselves, by false oaths seek their gains, do you listen; unless the three larders shall be crammed for me this day with ca