03.10.25: Level 2; Easy Latin Plays (Newman: 1913); Geminī [1]; Scaena Prīma; text, vocabulary and questions; answers

GEMINĪ

Drāmatis Persōnae

Numitor

Rōmulus (geminus alter)

Remus (geminus alter)

Faustulus (pāstor)

Senex

Ministrī

Pāstōrēs

SCAENA PRĪMA: EXTRĀ NUMITŌRIS DOMUM

(Intrant dextrā Rōmulus et Faustulus; intrat sinistrā senex)

RŌMULUS

Salve, senex!

SENEX

Salvēte!

RŌMULUS

Estne haec Numitōris domus?

SENEX

Numitōris est domus. (Exit dextrā)

RŌMULUS

(Faustulum alloquēns) Haec, pater, est Numitōris domus.

FAUSTULUS

Tū, domum, Rōmule, intrā. Ego ibi tē exspectābō. Heu miserum! Multum doleō quod fīlius meus, Remus, captīvus est.

(Exit Rōmulus sinistrā, Faustulus dextrā)

Vocabulary

alter … alter: the one … the other / second …

alter, -a, -um: the one; the other / second

dextrā: on the right

extrā [i] preposition (+ accusative): outside (of); [ii] adverb: (on the) outside

geminus, -a, -um: twin

sinistrā: on the left

Questions

[i] Where does this scene take place? (1)

[ii] Who enters from (a) the right of the stage, and (b) the left of the stage? (2)

[iii] What does Romulus want to know? (1)

[iv] What is the relationship of Faustulus with Romulus?

[v] Translate the final line of the scene: “Tū, domum, Rōmule, intrā. Ego ibi tē exspectābō. Heu miserum! Multum doleō quod fīlius meus, Remus, captīvus est.” (7)

[i] outside Numitor’s house │ extrā Numitōris domum

[ii] (a) right: Romulus and Faustulus (b) left: an old man │ Intrant (a) dextrā Rōmulus et Faustulus; intrat (b) sinistrā senex

[iii] Is this the house of Numitor │ Estne haec Numitōris domus?

[iv] father* │ RŌMULUS: (Faustulum alloquēns) Haec, pater, est Numitōris domus

[v] (1) You, Romulus, (2) enter the house. (3) I shall wait for you there. (4) Oh, miserable / wretched / poor me! (5) I grieve a lot (6) because my son, Remus, (7) is a prisoner / captive.

*Romulus and Remus were brought up by Faustulus as if they were his own sons