This collection of twenty essays examines the art, profession and
idea of the actor in Greek and Roman antiquity, and has been
commissioned and arranged to cast as much interdisciplinary and
transhistorical light as possible on these elusive but fascinating
ancient professionals. It covers a chronological span from the
sixth century BC to Byzantium (and even beyond to the way that
ancient actors have influenced the arts from the Renaissance to the
twentieth century) and stresses the huge geographical spread of
ancient actors. Some essays focus on particular themes, such as the
evidence for women actors or the impact of acting on the
presentation of suicide in literature; others offer completely new
evidence, such as graffiti relating to actors in Asia Minor; others
ask new questions, such as what subjective experience can be
reconstructed for the ancient actor. There are numerous
illustrations and all Greek and Latin passages are translated.
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