Helladia (stage artist) explained
Helladia (5th-century) was an Ancient Roman stage artist - an actress and dancer.[1]
She is mentioned as a famous stage actor within pantomime in several epigrams[2] [3] which praised her skill.[4] She appears to have been well known by her contemporaries. One of her most celebrated roles were the role of the male hero Hector of the Trojan war, which illustrates that women could play male parts on stage in antiquity.
She was possibly the same Helladia who was depicted on an ivory comb which is kept at the Louvre.[5]
References
- Book: Cosgrove, Charles H. . Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity: From the Archaic Period to the Age of Augustine . 2022-12-01 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-009-20484-2 . en.
- Dunbabin . Katherine M. D. . January 2017 . Athletes, acclamations, and imagery from the end of antiquity . Journal of Roman Archaeology . en . 30 . 151–174 . 10.1017/S1047759400074067 . 1047-7594.
- Book: Webb, Ruth . Demons and Dancers: Performance in Late Antiquity . 2008 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-03192-0 . en.
- Book: Smith, Steven D. . Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture: Gender, Desire, and Denial in the Age of Justinian . 2019-05-16 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-108-48023-9 . en.
- Book: Sewell . Jan . The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage . Smout . Clare . 2020-04-29 . Springer Nature . 978-3-030-23828-5 . en.
