The tendency to depart more and more from the Greek type of comedy, and to revert to the scenic entertainment native to Italy, is seen in the attempt of Laberius, in the last years of the Republic, to raise the mimus into the sphere of recognised literary art.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Ego bis tricenis annis actis sine nota eques Romanus e Lare egressus meo domum revertar mimus," etc.
"The Student's Companion to Latin Authors"
George Middleton Thomas R. Mills
The word mimus is of Greek origin, and probably derived its name from the amount of gestures and action used in these performances.
"Plutarch's Lives, Volume II"
Aubrey Stewart & George Long