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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Personatus

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

PERSONA'TUS. Masked, or wearing a mask (persona); more especially with reference to an actor on the stage (Cic. Orat. iii. 59. Hor. Sat. i. 4. 56.); for in the ancient theatres of Greece and Italy the performers always appeared in masks, designed to suit the particular characters which each had to play; of which an example is afforded by the annexed illustration (Personatus/1.1), representing one of the figures on a marble bas-relief, on which a scene from some comedy is delineated.

  • Personatus/1.1
    Personatus/1.1

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