Epidicus

Acts

• 1
  Act 1

  The slave Epidicus has already committed one fraud on his master. Now the young master returns from war having bought a captive girl, and Epidicus must swindle the father again.

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• 2
  Act 2

  Epidicus juggles multiple deceptions: he has bought one girl for the father and another for the son, and neither is the girl the other thinks she is.

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• 3
  Act 3

  The scheme unravels as the real music-girl and the captive are both in the house. The old man begins to suspect Epidicus.

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• 4
  Act 4

  The deceptions collapse. The father discovers both frauds. Epidicus is seized and threatened with the cross.

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• 5
  Act 5

  The captive girl turns out to be the old man's own long-lost daughter. Epidicus, who knew all along, bargains for his freedom — and gets it.

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