CLAS 355
Quiz #3
February 2, 2023

Briefly summarize the plot of Plautus's Captivi (including the opening situation, the main comic trick/scheme, and the main characters' final outcomes in the play).

List of main characters (in order of apparance):

Ergasilus (a comic parasite)
Hegio (a paterfamilias living in Aetolia; has two sons)
Philocrates (a prisoner of war from Elis)
Tyndarus (slave of Philocrates & son of Hegio)
Philopolemus (son of Hegio)