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P. Terentius Afer
The event on which the plot of the play depends, and the circumstances of Philumena's illness, having necessarily to be kept in the background, gives an air of restraint to the whole piece  Indeed, within the whole action, properly so called, there is no incident except the discovery of the ring  The plot is much more simple, and the characters less interesting than those of any other play; and in the treatment of the character of the slave we notice a marked departure from the ordinary idea of that part  The Parmeno of the Hecyra is a very different personage from his namesake of the Eunuchus  He is merely sententious and inquisitive; and the only amusement which we get out of him is that he is very anxious to discover his master's secret, and that his curiosity is not gratified