Bomolochus Explained

In the theatre of ancient Greece, the (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: βωμολόχος) was one of three stock characters in comedy, corresponding to the English buffoon.^[1] The is marked by his wit, his crudity of language, and his frequent non-illusory audience address.

In modern Greek, the word refers to a foul-mouthed person.

See also

• Alazôn
• Eirôn

Sources

• Carlson, Marvin. 1993. Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey from the Greeks to the Present. Expanded ed. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press.
• Frye, Northrop. 1957. Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. London: Penguin, 1990.
• Janko, Richard, trans. 1987. Poetics with Tractatus Coislinianus, Reconstruction of Poetics II and the Fragments of the On Poets. By Aristotle. Cambridge: Hackett.

Notes and References

1. Carlson (1993, 23) and Janko (1987, 45, 170).