Fabula palliata
Fabula palliata or Palliata (plural Fabulae palliatae or palliatae) are names assigned by the Romans to a genre of comedy (Comoedia palliata) that reworked in Latin the themes of Greek New Comedy.[1] The genre began with the comedies of Livius Andronicus, who also initiated Roman literature and Roman drama. The name comes from pallium, a small cape traditionally worn by the actors who performed in his plays, in imitation of the himation worn by Greek actors;[2] that is, the Romans were identifying the genre as imitations of Greek comedy.
Definition and history of the concept
Knowledge of the genre comes from a 1st century BC literary critic named Volcacius Sedigitus, of whom nothing is known except his report in Aulus Gellius.[3][unreliable source?] Of the writers whose works have survived at all Sedigitus identifies as well Naevius, Plautus, Ennius, Caecilius and Terence as contributors to the genre. In addition were Licinius, Atilius, Turpilius, Trabea and Luscius Lanuvius.
References
External links
- Lefèvre, Eckard (2003/04). "Asides in New Comedy and the Palliata" (pdf). Leeds International Classical Studies. 3 (3). ISSN 1477-3643.
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