To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.

Simul flare sorbereque haud factu facilest.

Plautus

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Topic

Human body

Speaker

Tranio

Author

Plautus

Source

The Haunted House

Medium

Play

Language

Latin

Time

184 BC 180s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Republic

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Original Citation

Plautus, Titus Maccius. Mostellaria [The Ghost]. c. 193 BC, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Plautus, Titus Maccius. "The Haunted House." Four Comedies: The Braggart Soldier; The Brothers Menaechmus; The Haunted House; The Pot of Gold, translated by Erich Segal. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 3, sc. 2.

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