CHARACTERS

AGORASTOCLES a young man; Carthaginian by birth, Calydonian by upbringing
MILPHIO a slave; works for Agorastocles
ADELPHASIUM a girl; Carthaginian slave of Lycus, loved by Agorastocles
ANTERASTILIS a girl; Adelphasium’s sister
LYCUS a pimp; a newcomer in the city of Calydon
ANTAMYNIDES a soldier; interested in Anterastilis
ADVOCATES1 litigious freedmen siding with Agorastocles
COLLYBISCUS an overseer; works for Agorastocles
SYNCERASTUS a slave; works for Lycus, but dislikes him
HANNO a Carthaginian; father of Adelphasium and Anterastilis
GIDDENIS a nurse; abducted long ago together with Adelphasium and her sister
SLAVE BOY son of Giddenis, belongs to Hanno
SLAVE GIRL belongs to Lycus, accompanies Adelphasium and Anterastilis to the temple
STAGING

The stage represents a street in Calydon. The house of Lycus is on the left, that of Agorastocles on the right. The street leads to the city center on the right and to the temple of Venus and the harbor on the left.