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

By:

Laberius, D. (Decimus), approximately 107 B.C.-43 B.C [author.]

Contributor(s):

Panayotakis, Costas [editor,, translator,, writer of introduction,, writer of commentary.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, Latin Original language: Latin Series: Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 46.Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 512 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780511675553
0511675550
0511672306
9780511672309

Uniform titles:

Fragments. English & Latin

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Decimus Laberius.DDC classification:

877.01 22

LOC classification:

PA6451.L2 A27 2010

Online resources:

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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.

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Latin text with English translation, introduction and notes.

"Online publication date: June 2012."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Online resource; title from digital title page (CambridgeCore platform, viewed October 17, 2019).

"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.

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