Captivi, Sonnenschein; London, W. Swan Sonnenschein & Allen, 1880.

Captivi, W.M. Lindsay 1900.

AMPHITRVO
AMPHITRYON

[Argument I]
[Argument II]
[Dramatis Personae]
[Prologue]
[ACT I] [Scene 2]
[Scene 3] [ACT II] [Scene 2] [ACT III] [Scene 2]
[Scene 3]
[Scene 4] 		[ACT IV] [Scene 2] [Summary of missing text]
[Fragments] [(Act IV) Scene 3] [ACT V] [Scene 2]
[Scene 3] [Footnotes]
[ARGVMENTVM I][1] ARGUMENT OF THE PLAY (I)
In faciem versus Amphitruonis Iuppiter, dum bellum gereret cum Telobois hostibus, Alcmenam uxorem cepit usurariam. Mercurius formam Sosiae servi gerit absentis: his Alcmena decipitur dolis. postquam rediere veri Amphitruo et Sosia, uterque deluduntur in mirum modum. hinc iurgium, tumultus uxori et viro, donec cum tonitru voce missa ex aethere 10 adulterum se Iuppiter confessus est. While Amphitryon was engaged in a war with his foes, the Teloboians, Jupiter assumed his appearance and took the loan of his wife, Alcmena. Mercury takes the form of an absent slave, Sosia, and Alcmena is deceived by the two impostors. After the real Amphitryon and Sosia return they both are deluded in extraordinary fashion. This leads to an altercation and quarrel between wife and husband, until there comes from the heavens, with a peal of thunder, the voice of Jupiter, who owns that he has been the guilty lover.
[ARGVMENTVM II] ARGUMENT OF THE PLAY (II)
Amore captus Alcumenas Iuppiter Mutavit sese in formam eius coniugis, Pro patria Amphitruo dum decernit cum hostibus. Habitu Mercurius ei subservit Sosiae. Is advenientis servum ac dominum frustra habet. Turbas uxori ciet Amphitruo, atque invicem Raptant pro moechis. Blepharo captus arbiter Vter sit non quit Amphitruo decernere. Omnem rem noscunt. geminos Alcumena enititur.[2] Jupiter, being seized with love for Alcmena, changed his form to that of her husband, Amphitryon, while he was doing battle with his enemies in defence of his country. Mercury, in the guise of Sosia, seconds his father and dupes both servant and master on their return. Amphitryon storms at his wife: charges of adultery, too, are bandied back and forth between him and Jupiter. Blepharo is appointed arbiter, but is unable to decide which is the real Amphitryon. They learn the whole truth at last, and Alcmena gives birth to twin sons.