Friday, May 24, 2013

Plauti Amphitryo Comoedia Summary (Act I, Lines 1-288)

Summary:
Mercury disguises himself as Sosia so that he can distract the real Sosia from discovering that Jupiter is sleeping with Alcemena while he is disgused as Amphitryon. Sosia describes how he fled from the war and does not know anything that actually happened. 

Grammar:
There were no new grammar topics.

Vocabulary:

  • inspicere -to sharpen to a point 
  • contemplare - to observe/note 
  • statura - height/stature 
  • infortunium - misfortune/punishment

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