What does the term togata ‘really’ mean?
Abstract
This article aims to shed fresh light on the meaning of the term togata. It conducts an analysis of the term as it appeared in ancient sources,1 investigating in particular both how and why ancient authors across several periods focussed their attention on the togata. The paper will also distinguish between the attestation of the term togata in ancient writers, who are likely to have actually watched these theatrical performances in person and known more directly what they were talking about, and the usage of the term by later grammarians, who would have had no opportunity to watch such performances. These later authors, rather, were simply guessing what kind of theatrical representation could have been performed onstage (much as we do nowadays) and did so by adopting obvious differences in terminology.
Citation
Rallo , G E 2021 , ' What does the term togata ‘really’ mean? ' , The Classical Quarterly , vol. 71 , no. 1 , pp. 216-229 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838821000355
Publication
The Classical Quarterly
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0009-8388Type
Journal article
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