Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite, credited to Terence, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite by Terence. (Translated by Henry Thomas Riley.) Read in English by Algy Pug; Matthew Reece; Sonia; Adrian Stephens; ambsweet13; VocalPenguin; ToddHW; Son of the Exiles; David Purdy; Nemo; Dave Lantz; Availle; Alan Mapstone; Eva Davis "Chremes and Demipho are two aged Athenians, brothers. Nausistrata, the wife of Chremes, is a wealthy woman, possessed of large estates in the island of Lemnos. Chremes, who goes thither yearly to receive the rents, meets with a poor woman there, whom he secretly marries, and has by her a daughter called Phanium: while engaged in this intrigue, Chremes passes at Lemnos by the name of Stilpho. By his wife, Nausistrata, at Athens, Chremes has a son, named Phædria, and his brother has a son, named Antipho." Got all that? And so now, "Phanium having now arrived at her fifteenth year, the two brothers privately agree that she shall be brought to Athens and married to Antipho." - Summary by Translator and ToddHW Cast list: Demipho, Aged Athenian, brother: Algy Pug Chremes, Aged Athenian, brother: Alan Mapstone Antipho, son of Demipho: VocalPenguin Phædria, son of Chremes: Adrian Stephens Phormio, a Parasite: ToddHW Geta, servant of Demipho: Sonia Davus, a servant: Matthew Reece Hegio, Advocate: Son of the Exiles Cratinus, Advocate: Dave Lantz Crito, Advocate: David Purdy Dorio, a Procurer: Nemo Nausistrata, the wife of Chremes: Eva Davis Sophrona, the nurse of Phanium: Availle Stage Directions: ambsweet13 Editing: ToddHW

Recording facts

• Recording title: Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite
• Author credits: Terence
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 2:05:42

Catalogue topics

• farce
• antiquity
• parasite

Track guide

1. 01 - Act 1 — 33:20
2. 02 - Act 2 — 29:30
3. 03 - Act 3 — 22:08
4. 04 - Act 4 — 16:26
5. 05 - Act 5 — 24:17

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