Unless perhaps she intends that this girl is my sister, who went missing long ago as a little child, such is her audacity.
But if she lives, she is sixteen years old, no older.
Thais quam ego sum maiuscula est.
Thais is older than I am.
§527Misit porro orare ut venirem serio.
Furthermore, she sent to entreat me to come in earnest.
Let her either say what she wants, or cease to be troublesome: by Hercules, I will not come a third time.
Heus, heus.
Ho there, ho!
Ecquis hic?
Is anyone here?
§530Ego sum Chremes.
I am Chremes.
§530bO capitulum lepidissimum!
Oh, most charming creature!
§531Dico ego mihi insidias fieri.
I tell myself that a trap is being laid for me.
Thais was entreating you with the greatest earnestness to return.
§532bRus eo.
I am going to the country.
§533bFac amabo.
Please, do so.
§533cNon possum, inquam.
I cannot, I say.
Well then, stay here at our house, until she returns herself.
§534bNihil minus.
By no means.
§534cCur mi Chremes?
Why, my Chremes?
§535Malam rem hinc abis?
Go to the devil, will you get away from here?
If you are so determined on that, please go over to where she is.
§536bEo.
I am going.
§537Abi Dorias cito hunc deduce ad militem.
Go, Dorias, quickly, conduct this man to the soldier.
Yesterday, some of us young fellows met at the Piraeus, to have a club-dinner today.
Chaeream ei rei §540Praefecimus; dati annuli; locus, tempus constitutum est.
We appointed Chaerea manager of the affair; rings were given, the place and time were fixed.
§541Praeteriit tempus; quo in loco dictum est parati nihil est.
The time has passed; nothing is prepared at the place agreed upon.
§542Homo ipse nusquam est; neque scio quid dicam aut quid coniectem.
The man himself is nowhere to be seen; nor do I know what to say or what to conjecture.
Now the others have given me this task, to look for him; and so I will go see if he is at home.
Quisnam hic a Thaide exit?
But who is this coming out from Thais's house?
§545Is est, an non est? ipsus est.
Is it he, or is it not? It is he himself.
Quid hoc hominis? qui hic ornatus est?
What kind of man is this? What garb is this?
§546Quid illud mali est? nequeo satis mirari neque coniicere.
What mischief is this? I cannot sufficiently wonder at it or conjecture.
§547Nisi quicquid est, procul hinc libet prius quid sit sciscitari.
But whatever it is, I would like to inquire first from a distance what it is.
§548Numquis hic est? nemo est: numquis hinc me sequitur? nemo homo est.
Is anyone here? No one. Is anyone following me from here? Not a soul.
§549Iamne erumpere hoc licet mihi gaudium? pro Iupiter!
May I now break forth into this joy? O Jupiter!
§550Nunc est profecto interfici cum perpeti me possum, §551Ne hoc gaudium contaminet vita aegritudine aliqua.
Now indeed is the time when I could bear to be put to death, lest life should defile this joy with some sorrow.
§552Sed neminemne curiosum intervenire nunc mihi, §553Qui me sequatur, quoquo eam; rogitando obtundat, enecet; §554Quid gestiam, aut quid laetus sim; quo pergam, unde emergam; ubi siem
But that no curious person should come in my way now, to follow me wherever I go; to deafen and kill me with asking; why I am so excited, or why I am so joyful; whither I am going, whence I come; where I got this clothing; what I am looking for; whether I am in my right mind, or whether I am mad!
§555Testitum hunc nactus; quid mihi quaeram; sanus sim, anne insaniam? §556Adibo, atque ab eo gratiam hanc quam video velle inibo.
I will go up, and earn this gratitude which I see he desires.
§557Chaerea, quid est quod sic gestis? quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit?
Chaerea, why is it that you are so excited? What does this clothing mean?
§558Quid est quod laetus sis? quid tibi vis? satin sanus? quid me adspectas?
Why is it that you are so joyful? What do you want? Are you quite in your senses? Why do you look at me?
§559Quid taces?
Why are you silent?
§559bO festus dies hominis! amice salve.
Oh, most joyful day of my life! My friend, hail!
§560Nemo est hominum, quem ego nunc magis cuperem videre quam te.
There is no man whom I would rather see at this moment than you.
§561Narra istuc quaeso quid siet.
Tell me, please, what this is.
§561bImmo ego te obsecro hercle ut audias.
Nay, on the contrary, by Hercules, I beseech you to listen to me.
§562Nostine hanc, quam amat frater?
Do you know this woman whom my brother loves?
§562bNovi, nempe opinor Thaidem.
I know her; indeed, I suppose you mean Thais.
§563Istam ipsam.
That very one.
§563bSic commemineram.
So I remembered.
A certain young girl was given to her today as a present.
Quid ego eius tibi nunc faciem praedicem aut laudem Antipho, §565Cum ipsum me noris quam elegans formarum spectator siem?
Antipho, why should I now describe or praise her face to you, when you know me myself, how elegant a judge of beauty I am?
§566In hac commotus sum.
I was smitten by her.
§566bAin tu?
You don't say?
§566cPrimam dices, scio, si videris.
If you see her, you will say she is supreme, I know.
§567Quid multa verba? amare coepi.
To be brief, I fell in love.
Forte fortuna domi §568Erat quidam eunuchus quem mercatus fuerat frater Thaidi, §569Neque is deductus etiamdum ad eam.
By mere chance, there was at home a certain eunuch whom my brother had bought for Thais, and he had not yet been brought to her.
Summonuit me Parmeno §570Ibi servus quod ego arripui.
Thereupon Parmeno, the slave, suggested a plan which I eagerly seized upon.
§570bQuid id est?
What is that?
§570cTacitus citius audies.
Be quiet, and you will hear all the sooner.
§571Ut vestem cum eo mutem, et pro illo iubeam me illuc deducier.
That I should exchange clothes with him, and order myself to be conducted there instead of him.
§572Pro eunuchon?
Instead of the eunuch?
§572bSic est.
Exactly.
§572cQuid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
What advantage, pray, did you expect to get from that?
§573Rogas? viderem, audirem, essem una quacum cupiebam Antipho.
Do you ask? That I might see her, hear her, be together with her whom I desired, Antipho.
§574Num parva causa aut parva ratio est? traditus sum mulieri.
Is that a small reason or a small motive? I was delivered to the woman.
She immediately, upon receiving me, joyfully took me home with her: she committed the young girl to my care.
§576bCui? tibine?
To whom? To you?