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Test 3 Flashcards

1
Q

What is a scurra?

A

Jester

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2
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Bona dicta?

A

Good words

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3
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Pantomimi?

A

Imitators of everything

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4
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Palliatae?

A

Plays in Greek dress

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5
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Pallium?

A

Greek mantle

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6
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Homo novus?

A

new man

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7
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Cicer?

A

Chick-pea

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8
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Lazzi?

A

Jokes

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9
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Catulus?

A

Puppy

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10
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Latrare?

A

To bark

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11
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Facetiae?

A

Witticism

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12
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Sal?

A

Lit. salt, means wit

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13
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Dicacitas?

A

Biting wit

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14
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Cavillatio?

A

Jeering, scoffing

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15
Q

How are women shown in comedic ways on vase art?

A
  • Gossiping
  • Thinking about sex
  • Sneaking around to drink wine
  • Slacking off/sleeping on the job
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16
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Where is the archaic smile found?

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On koroi, statues from Olympoa, gravestones/stelai, and sarcophagi

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17
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What does latin use as the root word for laugh?

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Ridere, Cicero also used cacchinare (cackle)

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18
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What did social kissing sometimes indicate?

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A sign of power, one could kiss the cheek of someone who held authority over them

19
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What was Elagabalus known for?

A

Laughing so loud in the theatre that no one else could be heard by the audience

20
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When was saturnalia held?

A

December 17th

21
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Who was saturnalia held in honour of?

A

The god Saturnus

22
Q

What happened at the saturnalia?

A
  • masters and slaves switched places
  • drinking, feasting, gambling, exchanging gifts
23
Q

According to Macrobius, how many characters were in the saturnalia?

A

12 characters
- 3 of them members of the roman elite

24
Q

According to Macrobius, where was the telling of discussions held?

A

Vettius Agorius Praetextatus’ home
- day before saturnalia and the 3 days during

25
Q

What was the sole form of theatre that involved female actors?

A

Roman mime

26
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What did roman mime involve?

A

Mimetic action, song, and spoken dialogue

27
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What was ancient rome pantomime?

A

Dancing without speaking

28
Q

What is the roman drama fabula atellana?

A

Atellan play
- Improv by mask actors who were impersonating stock actors

29
Q

What is the roman drama fescennine verses?

A

Rustic clowns improvised obscene dialogues at harvest festivals?

30
Q

What does commedia dell’arte translate to?

A

Comedy of the professional artists

31
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What did la commedia include?

A

Farcical action: dance, acrobatics, and lazzi
- basic plot is normally a familiar story about young lovers

32
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Who was Plautus? What type of comedy are all of his plays?

A
  • roman playwright
  • palliatae: plays in greek dress
  • adapted from greek new comedy
33
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Who was terence?

A

Roman playwright, ex slave

34
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What was comedic masterpiece considered?

A

The Adelphoe (The Brothers)
- adapted from greek new comedy

35
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Who was democritus?

A

The laughing philosopher

36
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Who was Heraclitus?

A

The weeping philosopher

37
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Who did Cicero consider the funniest in “On the Orator?”

A

The athenians as they were the wittiest

38
Q

What was Cicero considered and what philosophy did he follow?

A

Homo novus and the academy

39
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What was Plutarch’s opinion of Cicero?

A
  • he was disliked due to his constant self-praise
  • he attacked people using witticisms or puns that caused people to dislike him
  • he often chose to attack people in order to elicit laughter from others
40
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How does Plutarch describe Demosthenes?

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  • devoting all the powers of speech to the rhetorical arts
  • enemies described him as morose and ill-mannered
41
Q

What did Cicero use as a pun, highlighted by Quintilian?

A

Cook (coquus) and quoque

42
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What does Cicero write about in On the Orator?

A

What laughter is, where it comes from, weather an orator should provoke it, how far, what diff. categories of the laughable are

43
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When is laughter considered inappropriate according to Cicero?

A
  • too much accentuation
  • attacking someone without provocation
  • use of body language, that is an actors job
  • vulgarity

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