same word, _lacerum crudeliter ora, ora manusque_; or of a different inflexion of it, _omnis feret omnia tellus, non omnia possumus omnes_; most of all, by employing several words of a somewhat similar sound, what is in fact a jingle, _e.g._ the well-known line, Cedant _arma togae con_cedat lau_rea_ lau_di_; or again, mente _cle_mente _edita_ (Laberius). Instances of this are endless; and in estimating the mechanical structure of Latin poetry, which is the chief side of it, we observe the care with which the greatest artists retain every method of producing effect, even if somewhat old fashioned (see on this subject Munro's Lucr. preface to Notes II. which has often been referred to.) NOTE II.--_Some additional details on the History of the Mimus_ (from Woelfflin. _Publ. Syri Sententiae_, Lips. 1869). The mime at first differed from other kinds of comedy--(1) in having no proper plot; (2) in not being presented primarily on the stage; (3) in having but one actor. Eudicos imitated the gestures of boxing; Theodorus the creaking of a windlass; Parmeno did the grunting of a pig to perfection. Any one who raised a laugh by such kinds if imitation was properly said _mimum agere_. Mimes are thus defined by Diomedes (p. 491, 13 k), _sermones cuiuslibet et molûs sine reverentia vel factorum et dictorum turpium cum lascivia imitatio_. Such mimes as these were often held at banquets for the amusement of great men. Sulla was passionately fond of them. Admitted to the stage, they naturally took the place of interludes or afterpieces. When a man imitated _e.g._ a muleteer (Petr. Sat. 68), he had his mule with him; or if he imitated a _causidicus_, or a drunken ruffian (Ath. 14, 621, c.), some other person was by to play the foil to his violence. Thus arose the distinction of parts and dialogue; the chief actor was called _Archimimus_, and the mime was then developed after the example of the Atellanae. When several actors took part in a piece, each was said _mimum agere_, though this phrase originally applied only to the single actor.