Resumen de ALL THE WORLD¿S A PAGE: IMITATION OF METATHEATER IN THEOCRITUS 15, HERODAS 1 AND VIRGIL ECLOGUES 3
Theoc. 15.87¿8 and Herod. 1.71 have been considered problematic, in that both poets expose the artifice of their creations to the apparent detriment of mimesis. But, as in comic metatheater, these passages serve to engage the audience at key transitional moments of the action. Theocritus and Herodas adapt this dramatic technique by alluding indirectly to the artifice of their composition, providing evidence for the quasi-dramatic nature of Hellenistic mime. The identification of this technique helps explicate a similar imitation of metatheater in Virgil (Ecl. 3.84¿5).
