In the theatre of ancient Greece, the bômolochus () was one of three in comedy, corresponding to the English buffoon.[Carlson (1993, 23) and Janko (1987, 45, 170).] The bômolochus is marked by his wit, his crudity of language, and his frequent non-illusory audience address.
In modern Greek language, the word refers to a profanity person.
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Sources
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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.
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Frye, Northrop. 1957. Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. London: Penguin, 1990.
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Janko, Richard, trans. 1987. Poetics with Tractatus Coislinianus, Reconstruction of Poetics II and the Fragments of the On Poets. By Aristotle. Cambridge: Hackett.
