Asinaria

Acts

• Prologue

  Prologue. A young man needs money to buy his girlfriend from a pimp. His father agrees to help — on one condition.

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• 1
  Act 1

  Demaenetus persuades his slave Libanus to scheme up the money. The obstacle is his wife, who controls the family finances.

  260 lines
• 2
  Act 2

  Libanus and Leonida intercept a payment for donkeys (the asini of the title) that belongs to the wife's estate. The money is redirected.

  334 lines
• 3
  Act 3

  The pimp Cleareta negotiates. She will release the girl for the right price. The money arrives but with strings attached.

  312 lines
• 4
  Act 4

  The father demands a night with his son's girlfriend as payment for helping. The son has no choice but to agree.

  98 lines
• 5
  Act 5

  The wife discovers her husband at a party with the girl. She drags him home. The son gets the girl. The father gets a beating.

  166 lines