The collection of sententiae associated with the mimographer Publilius and its portrayal of laughter, tears, and silence

Panayotakis, C. (2013) The collection of sententiae associated with the mimographer Publilius and its portrayal of laughter, tears, and silence. Logeion, 3, pp. 101-119.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is two-fold: to provide an up-to-date overview of the main problems pertaining to the purpose and transmission of a collection of apophthegms (sententiae), associated with the mime-actor and mimographer Publilius, and to discuss the portrayal of laughter, tears, and silence in the collection. I explore the image that was projected through the sententiae with regard to the above manifestations of non-verbal behaviour, and show how this projection squared with the portrayal of laughter, tears, and silence in select literary writings, including the collection of one-line apophthegms associated with Menander. I finish by suggesting reasons for this portrayal.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Panayotakis, Professor Costas
• Authors: Panayotakis, C.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Classics
• Journal Name: Logeion
• Publisher: Crete University Press
• ISSN: 2241-2425
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2013 Crete University Press
• First Published: First published in Logeion 3:101-119
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced with the permission of the publisher.