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the father-in-law of Visellius

Visellius' father-in-law

also: socer Viselli

An otherwise unknown man proverbial for a ruptured swelling (a hernia); the opposite physical pole to the eunuch Tanais in Horace's image of extremes.

Mentioned in 1 work (1 total)

The Satires poetry · 1 mention

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