Ἠθολόγος

character-painter, mimic

Translated by Catharine Roth12 Oct 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

3 words

[Meaning a] stage-player.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἠθολόγος· θεατριστής.

Betacode

*)hqolo/gos: qeatristh/s.

See also eta 157 (and, for the gloss, cf. theta 88).
Same entry in other lexica, beginning with Hesychius eta238; and for a specimen of the genre see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.20A [1.35 Kaibel], on the performances of the famous ethologos Noemon.