Stage 10: ānulus Aegyptius

ānulus Aegyptius How did Syphax pay for his drink? Why did he pay this way? What do you think he means in lines 3–4 when he says Neptūnus nāvem meam dēlēvit? In lines 7–9, Syphax gave three other pieces of information about the ring. What were they? What two things did the innkeeper do with the ring? What did the innkeeper's wife do the next day? Whom did she meet? What two things did he make her do? What did she find when she returned to the inn (line 18)? What three things happened after the huge slave met the other slaves and they spotted the money (lines 23–25)? Who found the ring? Write your own ending for the story. What happens next to Grumio and Poppaea?