All Day Play
This is the number of people the theater at Pompeii could fit.
What is 5000?
leo currunt
incorrect! Leo currit or Leones currunt
Senes ad theatrum ambulant
What is "the old men are walking to the theater"?
femina
What is a woman?
The name of the two comic playwrights mentioned in your book
Who are Plautus and Terence?
mercator sunt in foro
Incorrect! mercatores sunt in foro or mercator est in foro
Nemo in theatro manet.
What is "no one remains in the theater"
old man
What is a senex?
This is the term for a generic type of character that's instantly recognizable.
What is a stock character?
Mercatores sunt in via
CORRECT
Actius tamen non est iratus
What is "Actius, however, is not angry"
very good/best/excellent
what is optimus?
This type of production was a mixture of opera and ballet
What is pantomime?
Priscus fabulam optimam dant.
INCORRECT
dat
Argentarius et uxor ad theatrum ambulant
What is "the banker and the (his) wife walk to the theater"
iuvenes
What is youths?
This is the Latin name of the awnings pulled by slaves to keep the theater cool
What are vela?
magna agricola
Incorrect! Magnus agricola
Pompeiani e theatro currunt et funambulum spectant.
What is "the Pompeians run out of the theater and watch the tightrope walker"
They applaud
What is plaudunt?