This play tells of a classic love between the children of two rival families.

To stop his brother from an unsuitable marriage, Nikias Dranias holds the woman he believes to be Daryle prisoner on his island. However, it is her sister Diona that Nikias has mistakenly held, not believing her story that she too had come to stop the marriage of the two siblings. Soon however, sparks are flying between the two, as they find themselves fiercely attracted to each other Less To stop his brother from an unsuitable marriage, Nikias Dranias holds the woman he believes to be Daryle