The roman theater: Breeder of cosmopolites
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Kentucky Foreign Language Quarterly
Abstract
There probably would be no argument about the fact that the theater has generally exerted a rather extensive influence wherever and whenever it has been popular. We can assume that the theater in ancient Rome was no exception and that many ideas and attitudes were inspired or spread among the Ro.- mans by the stage. theater in helping the rather provincial early Roman to become, over the centuries, more cosmopolitan in his outlook. In connection with this discussion we are going to think of a cosmopolite as a person who, though he may never have been out of his native city, has learned so much about the ideas and customs of other peoples that his own provincialism and narrow prejudices have largely disappeared .
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00230332.1958.9927778
Publication Date
1-1958
Recommended Citation
Toliver, Hazel M., "The roman theater: Breeder of cosmopolites" (1958). Faculty Scholarship. 275.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/faculty-research-papers/275