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528 INDEX. Page SOPHISTS, his method of arguing, &c 463, 467 pernicious results of his doctrines .... 464 Hippias, Prodicus — their methods . . ib. general effects of the labours of the Sophists ib. Callicles, Thrasimachus — doctrines at- tributed by Plato to 465 the Sophists greatly improved written compositions ib. means by which this effect was pro- duced ib. Corax — his age and country 466 his " Art of Rhetoric" ib. Tisias, pupil of Corax ib. orator and author of an "Art of Rhetoric" ib. language of Gorgias 467 Polus, Alcidamas — their language, &c. 469 Antiphon. (See his name) ib. SOPHOCLES (tragedian) 337 his advance upon JEschylus ib. his birthplace, age, &c ib. first appearance in a dramatic contest. . 338 particulars of the contest and successful play ib. The Antigone, first of his plays now extant ib. excellence and effects of ib. his acquaintance with Herodotus .... 339 number of plays ascribed to him .... ib. period within which produced ib. increasing rapidity of their production 340 order of his extant plays ib. his own opinion of his style as compared with that of JEschylus ib. changes made by him in the constitution of tragedy 341 increased length ib. diminution of the lyrical element .... 342 third actor introduced - advantages of . ib. his general object and design ib. plan, and philosophical scheme of the Antigone 343 characters in 344 the Electro, — comparison with the Orestea of iEschylus ib. different view of the subject taken by Sopihocles ib. The Trachinian Women 346 conflict between the legend and the in- tentions of the author ib. plan and object of the play ib. the King (Edipus ib. what it does not mean ib. action and progress of the plot 347 traces of the poet's sublime irony .... ib. his mode of employing the chorus .... 348 the Ajax ib. extraordinary character of the hero . . ib. Eccyclema scene introduced 349 plan of the play ib. the Philoctetes 350 date of — produced in the old age of the poet ib. employment of the Deus ex machina . . ib. SOPHOCLES. Pag ° plan of the play 350 simplicity of its construction 351 prevailing ideas of the preceding pieces ethical , ib. the (Edipus at Colonus — develops his religious ideas 352 connected with his last days — brought out by his son .... ib. sketch of his family affairs in his old age ib. allusion to in this play 353 description of the play — its allusions to the scenes of his youth ib. plan and object of 354 general criticism on his tragedies .... 355 his language ib. his style and metres 356 the most pious and enlightened of the Greeks 357 difference between him and Euripides . ib. STASIMUS of Cyprus. (See Cyclic poems) 68 STESICHORUS (lyric poet) 99 wrote on similar subjects to Hesiod . . ib. made use of fables 143 his age and country ] 98 his name assumed — real name Tisias . . ib. his alterations in the form of the chorus 199 his metres and dialect ib. subjects of his choruses 200 his treatment of them compared with that of Pindar ib. his mode of treating mythic narratives different from the Epic 201 Helen and the Trojan war ib. his language 202 composed also hymns and^ewwis .... ib. romantic and bucolic poems ib. imitated by Theocritus 203 remarkable as a precursor of Pindar. . ib. SUSARION. (See Comedy of the Greeks) 397 TERPANDER (elegiac poet) 107 founder of Greek music 149 his probable origin, &c ib. his age 150 victor at the first musical contests .... ib. introduced the nomes for singing to the cithara ib. invented the seven-stringed cithara . . 151 his musical scale ib. distinction between the scales and the styles or harmonies 152 the Doric, Phrygian, and Lydian styles ib. first marked the different tones in music 154 his notation and tunes or nomes ib. rhythmical form of his compositions .. 155 said to have invented the scolion .... 188 THALETAS (musician) 159 third epoch in Greek music ib. his country and age ib. his musical and poetical productions . . 160 the Pyrrhic or war-dance 161 THALES (Ionic philosopher) 241 his age, character, &c ib.