Title Decimus Laberius : the fragments / edited with introduction, translation, and commentary by Costas Panayotakis

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 512 pages) Series Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 46 Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 46 Contents Introduction. Defining the Roman mime ; Origins and chronological development of the genre ; Testimonia on Laberius ; Facts and problems ; Laberius' language and themes ; Laberius' prosody ; The history of the text of Laberius' mimes ; 8. An overview of the anthologies containing Laberius' mimes -- Sigla codicum -- The fragments: Text, Translation, Commentary -- Appendices. (A) Concordance of Laberius ; (B) Laberius' vocabulary Summary "This is a newly revised, critical text of the fragments attributed to the Roman knight and mimographer Decimus Laberius, a witty and crudely satirical contemporary of Cicero and Caesar. Laberius is perhaps the most celebrated comic playwright of the late Republic, and the fragments of plays attributed to him comprise the overwhelming majority of the extant evidence for what we conventionally call 'the literary Roman mime'. The volume also includes a survey of the characteristics and development of the Roman mime, both as a literary genre and as a type of popular theatrical entertainment, as well as a re-evaluation of the place of Laberius' work within its historical and literary context. This is the first English translation of all the fragments, and the first detailed English commentary on them from a linguistic, metrical, and (wherever possible) theatrical perspective"--Provided by publisher Notes "Online publication date: June 2012." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Latin text with English translation, introduction and notes Online resource; title from digital title page (CambridgeCore platform, viewed October 17, 2019) SUBJECT Laberius, Decimus. swd Subject Satire, Latin. Satire, Latin -- Translations into English Latin drama -- History and criticism Mime. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Latin. Latin drama Mime Satire, Latin Fragment Genre/Form Satire, Latin Mime Criticism, interpretation, etc. Translations Form Electronic book Author Panayotakis, Costas, editor, translator, writer of introduction, writer of commentary ISBN 9780511675553 0511675550 0511672306 9780511672309

Other Titles Fragments. English & Latin

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