Praetextae
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008151
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2001008151#concept
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- Fabulae praetextae
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- found: Work cat.: Manuwald, G. Fabulae praetextae, 2001:t.p. (Spuren einer literarischen Gattung der Römer) p. 52 (... die Praetexta ein erhabenes, ernstes Drama ist, das einen Stoff aus der römischen Geschichte von politischer und historischer Bedeutung behandelt und in dem römischer Amtsträger (Magistrate, Feldherren, Könige) vorkommen)
- found: Oxford companion to classical literature(Fabula. Besides meaning 'story', the general Latin word for 'play', frequently combined with an adjective defining the subject. The commonest types were the fabula Atellana, farce, f. praetexta, a serious play on a Roman historical subject. Praetexta, fabula. In Roman literature, a drama which derived its subject from Roman history. The invention of the fabula praetexta is attributed to Naevius. Only one complete praetexta survives, the tragedy Octavia, and fragments of or references to eleven others)
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- 2001-08-10: new
- 2001-09-27: revised
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