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Atellan
Atellan A*tel"lan, a. [L. Atellanus, fr. Atella, an ancient
town of the Osci, in Campania.]
Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan
plays; farcical; ribald. -- n. A farcical drama performed at
Atella.
Meaning of Atellan from wikipedia
- The
Atellan Farce (Latin:
Atellanae Fabulae or
Fabulae Atellanae, "favola atellana"; Atellani**** exhodium, "Atella comedies"), also
known as the Oscan...
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Atellanae Fabulae (
Atellan Fables), and a near
contemporary of
Quintus Novius.
Pomponius was the
first to give
artistic dignity to the
Atellan Fables by making...
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Dorsennus (also
spelled Dossennus or Dossenus) was a
thespian and
author of
Atellan Farce in
Ancient Rome,
known for his
careless performances.
According to...
- (fl. 30 BC), was a
Roman dramatist, and
composer of
Atellanae Fabulae (
Atellan Fables). His
efforts seem to have been
directed towards giving literary...
-
gigantic mouth.
These traits were
inherited from two
stock characters of the
Atellan Farce. He
typically wears a
pointed hat (conical hat). When
depicted as...
- was an
aspect of
Roman theatre from its
earliest times,
paralleling the
Atellan farce in its
improvisation (if
without the latter's
stock characters)....
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Roman middle republic (Plautine types) or the
early republic (
Atellan Farces). The
Atellan Farces of the
early Roman republic featured crude "types" wearing...
-
apparent at the
first performance in the theatre; for when the
actors of an
Atellan farce began the
familiar lines "Here
comes Onesimus from his farm" all...
- Maxwell(town) (Maccuses wylle).
Maccus or Macchus, a
stock character in
Atellan Farce and a
related figure in
puppetry David E. Thornton, "Hey Mac! The...
-
licentious or lewd language.
Another vestige of the
Oscans at Rome was the
Atellan Farce, also
known as the
Oscan Games,
which were
masked improvised farces...
