Bathyllus

Bathyllus (Graece Βαθύλλος) fuit pantomimus ex Alexandria oriundus, qui Augusto imperante Romae fabulas pantomimicas actitavit. Adulescens in servitutem abductus Maecenati serviebat deliciae eius factus.^[1] Artem suam cordace novavit,^[2] saltatione lasciva veteris comoediae, ita ut matronis furorem libidinis immitteret.^[3] Alioqui se in comoediam demisit.^[4] Libertinus fere anno 22 a.C.n. scholam pantomimicae artis condidit. In arte pantomimi cum Pylade Cilice certabat, qui quidem se in tragoediam incumbebat. Ambo pantomimum in perfectionem perduxerunt.^[5]

Notae

↑ Tac. Ann. 1.54.
↑ Ath. Deip. 1.20d; sed cf. Jory 1981; 2003.
↑ Iuv. 5.6.63-66.
↑ Leppin 1996: 39-40.
↑ Lucian., De saltatione 34.

Bibliographia

Jory, Eduardus Johannes (1981) The literary evidence for the beginning of imperial pantomime. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London 28: 147-161.
Jory, Eduardus Johannes (2003) The achievement of Pylades and Bathyllus. Apud Davidson, John & Pomeroy, Arthur J. (eds.) Theatres of action: papers for Chris Dearden, 187-193. Polygraphia.
Leppin, Hartmut (1996) Tacitus und die Anfänge des kaiserzeitlichen Pantomimus. Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 139(1): 33-40.
Sharks, John H. (2008) Pantomime Actresses in Latin Inscriptions. Apud Edith Hall & Rosie Wyles (eds.) New Directions in Ancient Pantomime, 110-145. Oxford University Press.

[1] Tac. Ann. 1.54.

[2] Ath. Deip. 1.20d; sed cf. Jory 1981; 2003.

[3] Iuv. 5.6.63-66.

[4] Leppin 1996: 39-40.

[5] Lucian., De saltatione 34.

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