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INDEX. 529 Page THALES, astronomical calculations 241 not a poet, nor the author of any writ- ten work 242 THEATRES— construction of, &c. (See Tragedy of the Greeks) 298 THEODECTES (rhetorician and dra- matist), his age, works, &c 388 his manner, style, &c 389 THEOGNIS (elegiac poet) 107 acconnt of his compositions 120 his country and age 121 the character of his elegies ih. his personal relation to Cyrnus 122 state of convivial society as shown by him 123 THESPIS (tragedian), his age, &c 292 added one actor to the chorus ib. and consequently dialogue ib. importance of the dances of the chorus ib. the dances of Thespis performed in the time of Aristophanes ib. THRENOS, lament for the dead 20, 21 merits of those composed by Simonides 211 THUCYDIDES (historian) 479 his birth, family, country, &c ib. his property at Scapte Hyle ib. sketch of his personal career 480 an Athenian of the old school 481 his character as a historian ib. his work a history of the Peloponnesian war only ib. distribution and arrangement of his materials 482 no violent breaks in his work 483 what the work would have been if com- pleted ib. sketch of the first book ib. manner of treating his materials 485 his work not a compilation ib. his truth and fidelity , 486 the practical application of his work. . 487 his skill in delineating character .... ib. account of the speeches contained in his work 488 no attempt to depict pecidiar modes of speaking 489 his chief concern to exhibit the princi- ples of the speakers ib. beneficial application of his sophistical exercises 490 his disapproval of the Athenian policy 491 his peculiar style and diction ib. his dialect 492 construction of his words and conse- quent rapidity of description ib. connexion of his sentences 493 structure of his periods ib. his use of figures of speech, &c 494 TIMOCREON (lyric poet), his country, &c 215 his style ib. his hatred of Tkemistocles and Si- monides • ib. TIMOTHEUS (lyric poet), his age and country 449 TIMOTHEUS, his innovations in music 449 cultivated the Dithyramb ib. TRAGEDY of the Greeks, originally a choral song 289 its commencement and progress 290 its connexion with the worship of Bacchus . . ib. name explained, and its derivation. . . 291 Dorian tragedy made no further ad- vance ■,.... ib. its origin and development amongst the Athenians ib. their Dionysiac festivals ib. Thespis. (See his name) 292 only one actor besides the chorus .... ib. played several parts ib. example from the Pentheus ib. dances of the chorus still a principal part ib. versification employed by the early tragedians ib. Phrynichus. (See his name) 293 Chcerilus. (See his name) 294 the Satyric drama — account of ib. three tragedies and one Satyric drama represented together ib. Pratinas. (See his name) 295 JEschylus. (See his name) ib. great development of tragedy by him . ib. ideal character of the Greek tragedy . . 296 costume of the actors ib. furnishing of the choruses 297 the mask — the cothurnus ib. tragic gesticulation ib. masks changed between the acts .... 298 management of the voice by the actor . ib. structure of the theatre ib. ancient theatres 299 the stone theatre at Athens ib. theatres in Peloponnesus and Sicily . . ib. plan of the theatre at Athens ib. the Orchestra ib. the Thymele, its nature, use, &c ib. number and arrangement of the chorus 300 Emmeleia — tragic style of dancing. ... ib. form and construction of the Stage. . . . 301 the Scene, Parascenia, and Proscenium ib. the action of Greek tragedy necessarily out of doors 302 the entrances and doors to the stage . . 303 each associated with certain localities or incidents ib. marked effect of these inflexible rules . . ib. a second actor added by jEschylus . ■ . ■ 304 number of good actors small ib. a third by Soph cfesand occasionally by ASschylus ib. a fourth by Sophocles in the (Edipw at Colonvs 305 technical names of the three actors . . ib. explanation of the terms Protagonist, Deuteragonist, Tritagonist 306 changes of scene seldom necessary.. . . 307 reason of not representing bloody spec- tacles, &c ib. 2 M