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Mostellaria is a play by the Roman author Plautus. Its name translates from Latin as "The Ghost (play)" (with the word fabula understood in the title).[1][2] The play is believed to be an adaptation of a lost comedy of the Athenian poet Philemon called Phasma (the Ghost).[1] It is set in a street in the city of Athens.

  1. ^ a b Merrill, F. R. (1972), Titi Macci Plauti: Mostellaria, p. xviii.
  2. ^ mostellum is a diminutive of the word monstrum, according to Lewis and Short A Latin Dictionary.

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