CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTION | 5 |
| Chapter I. | |
| LIFE OF SOPHOCLES | 7 |
| Chapter II. | |
| ANTECEDENTS: RELIGIOUS | 13 |
| Chapter III. | |
| ANTECEDENTS: NATIONAL AND POLITICAL | 19 |
| Chapter IV. | |
| ANTECEDENTS: ETHICAL—THE AGE OF TRAGEDY | 22 |
| Chapter V. | |
| EXTERNAL CONDITIONS—CHOICE OF FABLE | 33 |
| Chapter VI. | |
| ARGUMENTS OF THE SEVEN EXTANT PLAYS | 41 |
| Chapter VII. | |
| METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION—I. INVENTION; II. ARRANGEMENT | 57 |
| Chapter VIII. | |
| MODE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED:—CONTRAST—CONTINUITY AND PERSPECTIVE—"UNITY OF TIME"—FREEDOM AND VARIETY | 75 |
