Asalin wasan kwaikwayo na mime a Yammacin ana samun shi ne a tsohuwar gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Girka, a cikin bukukuwan allahn Dionysus kuma mahimmin abu shine yaren jiki wanda shine babban kayan aiki. Saboda shi allahn giya, sai ya tsokano fitarwa kuma wasan kwaikwayo ya zama mafi munin hali da lalata.
Kalmar mime asalin ta Girka ne kuma yana nufin koyi. Mime mai ban sha'awa yana ƙoƙari ya gabatar da wasan kwaikwayo cikin jiki, dole ne ya yi amfani da motsi na zahiri ga ƙa'idodin da suke zuciyar wasan kwaikwayo.
Mime sanannen sanannen nau'i ne mai ban mamaki na asalin Girka, tare da halayyar kirki da ta birgewa. Wannan fasahar ta bayyana a karni na XNUMX BC Siracusa (Shi ne mafi mahimmancin birni na Girka a Sicily, wanda ke gefen gabashin tsibirin, tsakanin Catania da Cape Pachynus) tare da Sofhrón.
Kamfanonin Mime sun shahara sosai kuma ana la'akari da su a Girka ta dā kuma daga baya a Rome.
A cikin manyan gidajen silima na Girkanci da Roman waɗanda ke nuna halayen
Harlequin, Pierrot da Colombina. Mime ya yi tasiri kuma ya taimaka ya tsara tsoffin wasan kwaikwayo na Girka. Daga baya kalmar ta zama mafi mahimmanci fiye da isharar.
A cikin karni na XNUMX BC, mime ya zama kusan nau'in adabi.
Tare da haɓakar Kiristanci, mime ya ƙi ya bazu ko'ina cikin Turai, yana iya rayuwa a cikin murabba'i da sauran wuraren jama'a.
A cikin karni na XNUMX AD cocin ya raba kamfanonin mime don cin abinci akan lamuran.
Don nuna kamanni cikakke, yana buƙatar ɗabi'a, kula da yanayin motsa jiki, na isharar, haɗe da kayan shafawa da sutura.
A halin yanzu mafi kyawun mime shine Marcel Marceau (1923-2007).