Scaliger and Castelvetro - Yavanika

lulius Caesat Scaliger l4l
Altirough tragedy rcscrrblcs this cpic poctn, it difien in rarelv intro'
ducing persons of the lorver classcs, such as lresscngen, ncrchants, s.llors,
and the like. Conredies, on thc othcr hand, noer admit kings, save irt such
rarc instanccs as t\e AnQhitriort of Plautus. I u'ould lirrit this gcneralization
of course to tLose plavs which cmplov Greek characters and the Grcck
dress, for the Ronans have admitted at \\'ill tire dignificcl toga atd tabea.
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u'irnton charactcrs of thc satvric plals are drinking, joking, 1olly,
sarcastic fcllo\\'s. 'l hc rnimc emplovs cioth-fnliers, shoemakcrs, butchers,
poulterers, fish dealers, and uarkct-garclcners. Such charactcrs, indecd, rvcre
adnittccl in thc C)ld Conrcclv, as s,cll, for thc subject-matter of thc Old
Couredl uas not verv clifferent fron tbat of thc urimcs, and the difierence
bctueen the two forns rr,as largch in thc division into acts, ancl thc introduction
of the chorus. 'fngcdv irnd conecll arc alikc in mode of reprcsentation,
l>ut cli{Icr in subjcct rnattcr and heatnrcrlt (ordo). 'Ihe matters
of tragcdv arc grcat ancl tcrribic, as couulrlds of kirrgs, slaughtcrs, dcspair,
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