![]() ![]() Wise old Saturn finds a way to satisfy both Mars and Venus. Palamon prays to Venus to grant him Emily and the goddess agrees Arcite prays to Mars for victory, and Mars agrees. The ladies plead for the lives of the young men, and Theseus spares them and arranges for a great tournament, with one hundred knights to a side, to determine who shall have Emily. Theseus, hunting with his queen Ypolita and Emily, comes upon the duel and stops it. The two former friends engage in deadly battle. He hides in a woodland where he comes upon Arcite bemoaning his love for Emily. Palamon, by help of a friend, escapes from captivity. Arcite is so ravaged by love he is no longer recognizable he returns to Athens, disguised, and takes service in Theseus' household. Perotheus, a friend of Theseus, obtains Arcite's release on the condition he never returns to Athens. ![]() ![]() They argue over who shall have her, though both are helplessly imprisoned. From the window of their cell they see the lovely Emily, Ypolita's young sister, with whom both fall in love. Theseus condemns them to perpetual imprisonment. Among the wounded are Palamon and Arcite, young Thebans of royal blood. Theseus, duke of Athens, returning with Ypolita from his conquest of the Amazons, turns aside to defeat Creon, the tyrant of Thebes, who has unjustly refused burial for his victims. ![]()
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