Lyconides’ slave manages to steal the now notorious pot of gold. Eventually Lyconides and his slave appear, and Lyconides confesses to Euclio his ravishing of Phaedria. This leads to much by-play involving preparations for the nuptials. Phaedria is never seen on stage, though at a key point in the play the audience hears her painful cries in labor.Įuclio is persuaded to marry his daughter to his rich neighbor, an elderly bachelor named Megadorus, who happens to be the uncle of Lyconides. Unknown to Euclio, Phaedria is pregnant by a young man named Lyconides. Euclio is then shown almost maniacally guarding his gold from real and imagined threats. Lars Familiaris, the household deity of Euclio, an old man with a marriageable daughter named Phaedria, begins the play with a prologue about how he allowed Euclio to discover a pot of gold buried in his house.
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