Galeria Copiola [SEP] sex or gender
Galeria Copiola
Galeria Copiola (96 BC – 9 AD or after) was an ancient Roman dancer "(emboliaria)" whom Pliny includes in a list of notable female nonagenarians and centenarians in his "Natural History". Because of Pliny's notice, Galeria is one of the few performing artists in classical antiquity whose career milestones can be precisely dated.
Performance genre.
The "embolimon" (Greek, literally an "insert") was a musical number performed between the acts of a play. In Roman
Pomponius, an intimate friend of Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, who sacrificed himself to afford Gracchus to escape his pursuers on the day of his death, in 121 BC.
- Lucius Pomponius Bononiensis, a playwright of the early first century BC.
- Marcus Pomponius, aedile in 82 BC, exhibited scenic games, in which the dancer Galeria Copiola appeared, at the age of 13 or 14.
- Gnaeus Pomponius, an orator of some repute, who perished during the civil war between Marius and Sulla.
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