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==Context== | ==Context== | ||
The Aria opens Act III, Scene 5. The | The Aria opens Act III, Scene 5. The stage direction reads: {{lang|it|"S'apre la rupe: vedesi la sorgente d'un fiume. Aci, nume del medesimo, appoggiato sull'urna e detti."}} ("The cliff opens: we see the source of a river. Aci, deity of the same, leaning on the urn, and the former.")<ref name="Libretti"/> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Translator's Commentary: It is likely that the character Acis (Italian: {{lang|it|Aci}}) does not address the same person in part A as he does in part B, for several reasons.<p> | Translator's Commentary: It is likely that the character Acis (Italian: {{lang|it|Aci}}) does not address the same person in part A as he does in part B, for several reasons.<p> | ||