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Sociae Mimae was a guild for female stage artists, mimae (essentially singers, dancers and actresses), in Ancient Rome. [1] It is the only Ancient Roman guild exclusively for women of which there is currently any information. The guild financed its own burial ground and was apparently not in any lack of funds but rather well off.
Female musicians, dancers, and singers would perform at a festival for the goddess Isis who had a temple in Rome. [21] They would also perform at a festival dedicated to the Bona Dea. [22] Several ancient Roman monuments were consecrated by musicians. [23] [24] The Salian priests would dance and sing while moving through the city in honor of Mars.
An ivory statuette of a Roman actor of tragedy, 1st century. A Roman actor playing Papposilenus, marble statue, c. 100 AD, after a Greek original from the 4th century BC. No early Roman tragedy survives, though it was highly regarded in its day; historians know of three early tragedians—Ennius, Pacuvius and Lucius Accius. One important aspect ...
Pages in category "Women singers from the Holy Roman Empire" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
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Eucharis would most likely have primarily performed as a dancer, as few other roles were open to women. [2] Her epitaph states that she had recently danced at "the games of the nobles", [3] [4] and that she had performed on the Greek stage before the People. [5] Eucharis was originally a slave, then a freedwoman, of the Roman woman Licinia. [6]
With the advent of social media over the last decade or so, fans around the world have been given unprecedented "access" to their favorite musicians while also becoming more connected to fellow ...
Ancient Greek actors (2 C, 9 P) R. Ancient Roman actors (22 P) Pages in category "Ancient actors" This category contains only the following page.