Babio
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Babio is a 12th century elegiac comedy
consisting of 484 lines of elegiac distychs, probably composed in England
. It imitates Roman comedy and is indebted to Ovid
, Plautus
and Terence
. It is preserved in five manuscripts, four of them in England and one in Berlin.
Elegiac comedy
Elegiac comedy was a genre of medieval Latin literature or drama popular in the twelfth century. About twenty such works survive, almost all of them produced in west central France . Though commonly identified in manuscripts as comoedia, modern scholars often reject their status as comedy. Unlike...
consisting of 484 lines of elegiac distychs, probably composed in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It imitates Roman comedy and is indebted to Ovid
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso , known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria...
, Plautus
Plautus
Titus Maccius Plautus , commonly known as "Plautus", was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus...
and Terence
Terence
Publius Terentius Afer , better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on,...
. It is preserved in five manuscripts, four of them in England and one in Berlin.
External links
- The Influence of Plautus and Latin Elegiac Comedy on Chaucer's Fabliaux by Kathleen A. Bishop