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Philodamus

A Tragedy

Bentley, R. (1708-1782)

PROLOGUE, by a Friend.

EPILOGUE, by a Friend.

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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Philodamus .
Philippus, his Son.
Epicrates, in love with Erato.
Earinus, Philodamus's Freedman.
Dolabella, the Roman Prætor.
Verres, his Legate
Rubrius, Dependent on him.
Sestius, Dependent on him.
Apronius, Minister to his Pleasures.
Cornelius, an Officer.
Erato, Daughter to Philodamus.
Euphemia, her Friend.
Aruspex, Augur, Soldiers, Servants, Minstrels.

In a Name we are so little accustomed to as that of Philodāmus, the Author imagined he might be allowed to make free with the Quantity, in favour of an easier Cadence.