Atellana actors and playwrights in the epigraphic evidence

This contribution provides a study of the fabula Atellana from an epigraphic perspective. It brings together the existing inscriptions related to this dramatic genre, explaining the challenges that are faced when trying to identify possible Atellana actors. It also examines the status of Atellana pe...

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Autor: González Galera, Víctor
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Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Epigrafia
Teatre
Roma
Epigraphy
Theater
Rome
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spelling Atellana actors and playwrights in the epigraphic evidenceGonzález Galera, VíctorEpigrafiaTeatreRomaEpigraphyTheaterRomeThis contribution provides a study of the fabula Atellana from an epigraphic perspective. It brings together the existing inscriptions related to this dramatic genre, explaining the challenges that are faced when trying to identify possible Atellana actors. It also examines the status of Atellana performers and writers, contrasting the information provided by literary sources, especially Livy, with the data obtained from inscriptions, which indicate an increasing professionalization of Atellana actors in the first century A.D. Finally, this article poses some questions concerning the development, continuity and geographical diffusion of the Atellana in the imperial era in the light of the epigraphic material and also in comparison with the evidence available for other popular shows, specifically mime and pantomime, which suggests that by the second century A.D. the Atellana was no longer performed on public stages but rather represented in private settings and studied for its linguistic and rhetorical peculiarities.Cambridge University Press (CUP)2025202520232025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion19 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/219951Articles publicats en revistes (Filologia Clàssica, Romànica i Semítica)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838823000629The Classical Quarterly, 2023, vol. 73, num.2, p. 758-776https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838823000629(c) Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2023info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2199512026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Atellana actors and playwrights in the epigraphic evidence
title Atellana actors and playwrights in the epigraphic evidence
spellingShingle Atellana actors and playwrights in the epigraphic evidence
González Galera, Víctor
Epigrafia
Teatre
Roma
Epigraphy
Theater
Rome
title_short Atellana actors and playwrights in the epigraphic evidence
title_full Atellana actors and playwrights in the epigraphic evidence
title_fullStr Atellana actors and playwrights in the epigraphic evidence
title_full_unstemmed Atellana actors and playwrights in the epigraphic evidence
title_sort Atellana actors and playwrights in the epigraphic evidence
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González Galera, Víctor
author González Galera, Víctor
author_facet González Galera, Víctor
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Epigrafia
Teatre
Roma
Epigraphy
Theater
Rome
topic Epigrafia
Teatre
Roma
Epigraphy
Theater
Rome
description This contribution provides a study of the fabula Atellana from an epigraphic perspective. It brings together the existing inscriptions related to this dramatic genre, explaining the challenges that are faced when trying to identify possible Atellana actors. It also examines the status of Atellana performers and writers, contrasting the information provided by literary sources, especially Livy, with the data obtained from inscriptions, which indicate an increasing professionalization of Atellana actors in the first century A.D. Finally, this article poses some questions concerning the development, continuity and geographical diffusion of the Atellana in the imperial era in the light of the epigraphic material and also in comparison with the evidence available for other popular shows, specifically mime and pantomime, which suggests that by the second century A.D. the Atellana was no longer performed on public stages but rather represented in private settings and studied for its linguistic and rhetorical peculiarities.
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