English

Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite

LibriVox recording of Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite by Terence. (Translated by Henry Thomas Riley.) Read in English by Algy Pug; Matthew Reece; Sonia; Adrian Stephens; ambsweet13; VocalPenguin; ToddHW; Son of the Exiles; David Purdy; Nemo; Dave Lantz; Availle; Alan Mapstone; Eva Davis "Chremes and Demipho are two aged Athenians, brothers. Nausistrata, the wife of Chremes, is a wealthy woman, possessed of large estates in the island of Lemnos. Chremes, who goes thither yearly to receive the rents, meets with a poor woman there, whom he secretly marries, and has by her a daughter called Phanium: while engaged in this intrigue, Chremes passes at Lemnos by the name of Stilpho. By his wife, Nausistrata, at Athens, Chremes has a son, named Phædria, and his brother has a son, named Antipho." Got all that? And so now, "Phanium having now arrived at her fifteenth year, the two brothers privately agree that she shall be brought to Athens and married to Antipho." - Summary by Translator and ToddHW Cast list: Demipho, Aged Athenian, brother: Algy Pug Chremes, Aged Athenian, brother: Alan Mapstone Antipho, son of Demipho: VocalPenguin Phædria, son of Chremes: Adrian Stephens Phormio, a Par

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