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TermsfromRomanTheatre

theludiromani
sententiae
theTheaterofPompey(55B.C.)
mime(fabulariciniata)
pantomime(fabulasaltica)
naumachia
amphitheatres
auditorium
scaenaefrons
awnings(vela)
frontcurtain(auleum)
backgroundcurtain(siparium)
fabulapalliata
Atellanfarce(fabulaAtellana)
circusmaximus
odeum
colosseum
theaestheticdistanceofRomancomedycontrastedwiththepathos
oftragedy
comedyasaparodyoftragedy
Bakhtin'stheoryofcarnival
castigomoresridendo

theport,theforum
aByzantineending
plaudite

StockCharactersfromRomanComedy:
Senex
theWife
Meretrix
YoungLovers
Servus(thecleverslave)
MilesGloriosus
theParasite

antithesis

closetdrama

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