英语词汇pantomime的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

pantomime. Rome’s only original contribution to Western theater was pantomime, a silent individual performance by a pantomimus, an actor who danced or acted in mask and cloak and did not speak a word, unlike the earlier Greek mimi, who spoke and sang while performing. This purely Roman creation was a favorite of audiences in Rome, who idolized the pantomi- mi and often made them rich. Just one pantomimus played each of the roles in a play, wearing a different mask for each charac- ter, while all the words were sung by a choir. Pantomime be- came so popular in Rome that it drove both tragedy and comedy from the stage. One of its most accomplished practi- tioners was Bathyllus, whose name came to be used for any pantomime actor. Paris was the name of two Roman panto- mime performers. The first remained the emperor Nero’s fa- vorite until he was executed by Nero for beating him in an act- ing contest. The second took the first Paris’s name and ironically met the same fate 20 years later in a.d. 87, when the emperor Domitian had him put to death.

词汇	pantomime
词源	pantomime. Rome’s only original contribution to Western theater was pantomime, a silent individual performance by a pantomimus, an actor who danced or acted in mask and cloak and did not speak a word, unlike the earlier Greek mimi, who spoke and sang while performing. This purely Roman creation was a favorite of audiences in Rome, who idolized the pantomi- mi and often made them rich. Just one pantomimus played each of the roles in a play, wearing a different mask for each charac- ter, while all the words were sung by a choir. Pantomime be- came so popular in Rome that it drove both tragedy and comedy from the stage. One of its most accomplished practi- tioners was Bathyllus, whose name came to be used for any pantomime actor. Paris was the name of two Roman panto- mime performers. The first remained the emperor Nero’s fa- vorite until he was executed by Nero for beating him in an act- ing contest. The second took the first Paris’s name and ironically met the same fate 20 years later in a.d. 87, when the emperor Domitian had him put to death.
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