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The Pot of Gold by Plautus was the basis for Moliere's Miser. Guided by the household god, Euclio has found the gold buried by his grandfather, because the god wants his kind daughter to have a dowry. However, Euclio is so afraid of losing money he has never had before that he does not tell anyone about it and is constantly worried that someone will find it. He even agrees to let the elderly bachelor …

…this incest, though it did not bother the Greeks. It looks as though Epidicus is going to be punished for his shenanigans; but when the girl Stratippocles bought while off in war turns out to be the illegitimate daughter of his father, Epidicus wins his freedom, though Stratippocles has to be content with finding a sister instead of a bride. The sentiments of Plautus seem to have been on the side of the clever slave.