But to enumerate these things were endless;I have given the rule, where a man cannot fitly play his own part;if he have not a friend, he may quit the stage.

• 作品的背景是在科林德斯，在这异乡之地，育有二个孩子的母亲梅狄儿，正面临被即将与当地贵族少女结婚的丈夫抛弃的悲惨命运。