Togata

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The togata ( Fabula togata ) is a Roman literature genus , a subgenus of comedy.

The Latin comedy in the Roman milieu was named after the typical Roman garb, the toga .

The first representative of this genus is Titinius , a contemporary of Plautus . The greatest Togata poet was L. Afranius , whose preference was Terence and Menander . An important representative is also Titus Quinctius Atta († 77 BC).

The togata differs from the palliata in several ways : there is a preference for cantica (sung part in Roman comedy); instead the cunning slave, a type of the palliata (and the new comedy ), is missing .

Palliata and Togata are replaced by the fabula Atellana .

literature

  • Ekkehard Stark : The Togata. In: Werner Suerbaum (Ed.): The archaic literature. From the beginnings to Sulla's death (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 1). CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48134-5 , pp. 259-264
  • M. von Albrecht: History of Roman literature . Munich 2003.
  • E. Lefèvre: The Roman Drama . Darmstadt 1978.