单词 | scenic games |
释义 | > as lemmasscenic games scenic games n. [after classical Latin lūdī scēnicī dramatic entertainments, as distinguished from athletic sports; compare Middle French jeux sceniques (late 14th cent.)] Ancient History (in plural) plays or dramatic entertainments presented during ancient Greek and Roman games. ΚΠ 1705 J. C. tr. P. Jurieu Crit. Hist. Doctr. & Worships Church II. 20 Their Scenick Games [Fr. leurs jeux appellez sceniques], celebrated to their [sc. the gods'] Memory. 1887 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 8 19 There was a likely occasion for the commission of just such an offense [sc. the inclusion of slanderous verse in a play by Naevius] at the ludi Romani (scenic games since 214 B. C.). 1928 E. A. Parker tr. V. Chapot Rom. World vi. 199 The gifts bestowed on their clan by rich men rarely took the form of a festival of scenic games after the Greek manner; more often they provided gladiatorial shows, fights between wild animals, bull-fights. 2000 J. Bodel in V. M. Hope & E. Marshall Death & Dis. in Anc. City x. 139 The task of arranging seats at the scenic games traditionally held in conjunction with aristocratic funerals would naturally have fallen to the man charged with organising the funeral parade. < as lemmas |
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