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T. Maccius Plautus, Menaechmi, or The Twin Brothers (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 1, scene 2 (search)
"prandium" as well), was followed by "potatio" or "drinking," which by such characters as Menaechmus and the Parasite would be prolonged to midnight, when they would see the day dead, and celebrate its funeral in their orgies. upon it. PENICULUS Well, come then, since you request what's fair, how soon am I to set fire to the pile? Why really, the day's half dead already down to its navelTo its navel: "Umbilicus," the "navel," was a term much used to signify the middle part of anything. Thus Delphi was called the "umbilicus," or "navel," of the world.. MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus. Come this way from the door. PENICULUS Be it so. Moves from the door. MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus. Come still more this way. PENICULUS Very well. Moves. MENAECHMUS of Epidamnus Even still, step aside boldly from the lioness's den. PENICULUS still moving. Well done; by my troth, as I fancy, you really would bean excellent charioteersAn excellent charioteer: The drivers of the chariots at the Circensian games were cal