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CONTENTS
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Chap. I. Early History of Greek Tragedy | 1 | |
§ 1. Introductory | 1 | |
§ 2. The Worship of Dionysus | 4 | |
§ 3. Early History of the Dithyramb | 13 | |
§ 4. Arion and the Dithyramb | 16 | |
§ 5. Later History of the Dithyramb | 23 | |
§ 6. The Innovations of Thespis | 26 | |
§ 7. Character of the Thespian Drama | 29 | |
§ 8. Career of Thespis | 36 | |
§ 9. Chocrilus, Pratinas, and Phrynichus | 39 | |
Chap. II. Aeschylus | 46 | |
§ 1. His Life | 46 | |
§ 2. Improvements in Tragedy | 60 | |
(1) The Structure of the Aeschylean Drama | 61 | |
(2) General Tone | 65 | |
(3) The Manner of Representation | 67 | |
§ 3. Selection and Treatment of the Plots | 70 | |
§ 4. The Characters | 76 | |
§ 5. The Language | 80 | |
§ 6. Religious and Moral Ideas | 86 | |
§ 7. The Trilogy and Tetralogy | 96 | |
§ 8. The Extant Plays | 99 | |
(1) The Supplices | 101 | |
(2) The Persae | 103 | |
(3) The Septem | 106 | |
(4) The Prometheus | 109 | |
(5) The Oresteia | 114 | |
§ 9. Reputation among the Ancients | 121 | |