Open AccessSpettacoli tardoantichi: documenti noti e recenti
Author(s) -
Gennaro Tedeschi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
a.i.o.n. annali dell'istituto universitario orientale di napoli. dipartimento di studi del mondo classico e del mediterraneo antico. sezione filologico-letteraria/a.i.o.n. annali dell'istituto universitario orientale di napoli. sezione filologico-letteraria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1724-6172
pISSN - 1128-7209
DOI - 10.1163/17246172-40010025
Subject(s) - tragedy (event) , comedy , context (archaeology) , art , byzantine architecture , literature , history , archaeology , classics
The paper combines the rich information on the different forms of theatre in Late Antiquity, collecting it from Byzantine literary texts, papyri and contemporary archaeological sources. The author pays particular attention to the religious and social context in which traditional forms of theatre, such as tragedy and comedy, and new forms of entertaining shows, such as mime and pantomime, have developed.