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A puppet is an inanimate object animated or manipulated by a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, which is a very ancient form of theatre. There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made of a wide range of materials, depending on their form and intended use. They can be extremely complex or very simple in their construction. ==Origins== Puppetry was practised in Ancient Greece and the oldest written records of puppetry can be found in the works of Herodotus and Xenophon, dating from the 5th century BC.〔Herodotus, The Histories, 2.48, (on Perseus )〕〔Xenophon, Symposium, 4.55, (on Perseus )〕 The Greek word translated as "puppet" is "νευρόσπαστος" (''nevrospastos''), which literally means "drawn by strings, string-pulling",〔(νευρόσπαστος ), Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus〕 from "νεῦρον" (''nevron''), meaning either "sinew, tendon, muscle, string", or "wire",〔(νεῦρον ), Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus〕 and "σπάω" (''spaō''), meaning "draw, pull".〔(σπάω ), Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus〕〔(List of Ancient Greek words related to puppetry ), Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus〕 Aristotle (384–322 BC) discusses puppets in his work ''On the Motion of Animals''. The movements of animals may be compared with those of automatic puppets, which are set going on the occasion of a tiny movement; the levers are released, and strike the twisted strings against one another.〔Aristotle, On the Motion of Animals, 350 BC.〕 In India puppetry was practised from ancient times and is known by different names in different parts of the country. Excavation of clay dolls from Indus valley sites serve as an indication. The art of puppetry called Bommalattam is mentioned in Tamil literature Silappadikaram, which is written around 2nd century B.C. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Puppet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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