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Telestes was the first well-known Greek mime artist. He was the Ballet leader in the production of plays by Aeschylus (525/524 B.C.?-456/455 B.C.?), tragedian from Eleusis in ancient Greece. He was the silent narrator, through his χειρονομία ("manual gesticulation") from beginning to end regarding the action, in the play "Seven Against Thebes."

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