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Atellan Fables

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | 317 words | Copyright

Atellan Fables were sketches depicting scenes from rustic life, presented on a crude stage with stock characters (the foolish old man, the rogue, the clown), and seem to have been the earliest form of drama to flourish in ancient Rome. It was imported from Campania where Oscan, a language akin to Latin, was spoken.

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