Pseudolus: or, The Cheat
'Pseudolus: or, The Cheat' Summary
Calidorus, a young Athenian, is in love with Phoenicium, a beautiful slave girl owned by the greedy procurer Ballio. Calidorus's father, Simo, forbids the match, so Calidorus enlists the help of his clever slave, Pseudolus, to devise a plan to win Phoenicium's freedom. Pseudolus hatches a series of increasingly elaborate schemes to trick Ballio and outwit his rivals, but each plan seems to backfire in hilarious fashion. Just when all hope seems lost, Pseudolus comes up with a final, desperate plan that involves disguising Calidorus as a eunuch and sneaking him into Ballio's house. Will Pseudolus's plan succeed, or will Calidorus and Phoenicium be forever separated?Book Details
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Titus Maccius Plautus
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Titus Maccius Plautus commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliat...
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