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CHARINUS
apart to himself. I'm come to see what Pamphilus is about; and look, here he is. PAMPHILUS
to himself. Some one perhaps might imagine that I don't believe this to be true; but now it is clear to me that it really is true. I do think that the life of the Gods is everlasting, for this reason, because their joys are their own. 1 For immortality has been obtained by me, if no sorrow interrupts this delight. But whom in particular could I wish to be now thrown in my way, for me to relate these things to? CHARINUS
apart to himself. What means this rapture? PAMPHILUS
to himself. I see Davus. There is no one in the world whom I would choose in preference; for I am sure that he of all people will sincerely rejoice in my happiness.
1 Their joys are their own: Westerhovius remarks that he seems here to be promulgating the doctrine of Epicurus, who taught that the Deities devoted themselves entirely to pleasure and did not trouble themselves about mortals. Donatus observes that these are the doctrines of Epicurus, and that the whole sentence is copied from the Eunuch of Menander; to which practice of borrowing from various Plays, allusion is made in the Prologue, where he mentions the mixing of plays; "contaminari fabulas."
The Comedies of Terence. Henry Thomas Riley. Ney York. Harper and Brothers. 1874.
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