Momus

Momus

Momus, Greek god of ridicule, and so by extension of clowns, who appears in the ‘secular masque’ provided by Dryden for a revival of Fletcher's The Pilgrim in 1700. The name was later used frequently to denote a clown, as in Grimaldi's reference to himself as ‘the once Merry Momus’, and became attached to one of the characters in the harlequinade.

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Momus a person likened to Momus, the Greek god of censure and ridicule, who for his censures upon the gods was banished from heaven; a fault-finder, a captious or carping critic. Often in allusions to the story that when Hephaistos (or Zeus) had made a man, Momus blamed him for not having put a window in his breast.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Momus." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Momus

Momus captious critic. XVI. — L. — Gr. Mômos god of ridicule (mômos).

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T. F. HOAD. "Momus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Momus

Momus , figure in Greek mythology. He was the personification of censure and mockery.

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"Momus." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Britain's Momus finds a Warholian solution to his legal problems.(FREETIME)
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You Can't Stop The Online Music - Momus.
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