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SCENE VII.
DEMIPHOalone.
I'll home, and thank the Gods for my return;
Thence to the Forum, and convene some friends,
Who may be present at this interview,
That Phormio may not take me unprepar'd.
[Exit.
It was the custom for those returning from a voyage or journey to give thanks in a formal manner to the Gods, even before they saw their wives or friends. And every citizen had at home Houshold Gods (usually called Penates, Demestici, or Lares) which he and his family worshipped in private, and considered as the particular guardians of the family. Westerhovius.
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