One of the characters in this play by Plautus has been searching everywhere!
dī immortālēs,
utinam conveniam domī Periphanem, per omnem urbem quem sum dēfessus quaerere:
per medicīnās, per tōnstrīnās, in gymnasiō atque in forō,
per myropōlia et laniēnās circumque argentāriās.
Good gods! If only
I might meet Periphanes at home — I am worn out from searching for him through
the whole city: through the doctors’ surgeries, through the barbers’
shops, in the gymnasium and in the forum, through the perfumers’
shops and the butchers’ stalls, and all around the banks.
gymnasium, -ī
[2/n]: gymnasium
medicīna: [i] (the
practice of) medicine, remedy, cure; [ii] doctor’s clinic, pharmacy
myropōlium, -ī
[2/n]: a perfumer’s shop where ointments and balsams were sold
The little video that accompanies the quotation shows you that, despite a 2,000 year gap, things haven’t changed much.
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