Archimime definitions

Archimime

1) Ancient Roman occupation 2) Death custom
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Archimime

An archimime is a chief buffoon or jester. Among the ancient Romans, archimimes were persons who imitated the manners, gestures, and speech both of the living and the deceased. At first, they were only employed in the theatre, but were afterwards admitted to their feasts, and at last to funerals. At funerals, archimimes walked behind the corpse, i...
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archimime

chief buffoon or mimic
Found on http://phrontistery.info/a.html

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