Eunuchus

Acts

• 1
  Act 1

  The soldier Thraso gives a slave girl, Pamphila, to the courtesan Thais. The young man Chaerea sees Pamphila and is thunderstruck with desire.

  192 lines
• 2
  Act 2

  Chaerea's brother Phaedria loves Thais but is jealous of the soldier's gifts. The slave Parmeno suggests Chaerea disguise himself as a eunuch sent to Thais' household.

  332 lines
• 3
  Act 3

  Chaerea enters Thais' house as the fake eunuch. Left alone with Pamphila, he rapes her. Terence's most troubling scene — handled casually by the characters, uncomfortably by modern readers.

  312 lines
• 4
  Act 4

  Thais discovers the assault. The soldier stages a farcical siege of her house. Chremes, Pamphila's brother, arrives and confirms she is a freeborn citizen.

  326 lines
• 5
  Act 5

  Pamphila's citizen status is confirmed. Chaerea offers to marry her. Thais is taken under Phaedria's family's protection. Even the soldier is given a place — to fund the parties.

  410 lines