The Origin of Tragedy: With Special Reference to the Greek Tragedians |
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The Origin of Tragedy with Special Reference to the Greek Tragedians William Ridgeway Limited preview - 1910 |
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Acheans actors Adrastus Aeschylus Agamemnon altar amongst ancient Apollo Areopagus Argives Argos Aristotle Artemis Athenian Athens Attic Attica barrow bomos Choerilus chorus Cleisthenes Clytemnestra contests cult of Dionysus Darius daughters Dawkins dead death Dionysiac Dionysus Dionysus Melanaegis dithyramb doctrine Dorians Dr Farnell earth Erinyes Eumenides Euripides evidence extant famous father festival ghost goat goat-skin gods grave Greece Greek hand Hecuba heiress held hero Herodotus heroine Hippolytus Homer homicide honour Iphigenia king kommos lament later libations maidens marriage masks Melanthus mimetic dances mound offerings Orestes origin Palladion Peloponnesus performed Persae Persian Phrynichus play poet Poseidon Pratinas probably Prometheus rites ritual sacred sacrifice sacrificed sanctuary Satyric drama scene shrine Sicyon Sileni sixth century B.C. slain sorrows soul spirit Suidas Thebes Thespis Thrace Thracian thymele tomb Tragedy tragic Troezen victim whilst women worship of Dionysus Yaka Zeus δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν οἱ τῶν
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Page 148 - ... or the wisest for the multitude's sake, were not ready to give passage rather to that which is popular and superficial than to that which is substantial and profound; for the truth is, that time seemeth to be of the nature of a river or stream, which carrieth down to us that which is light and blown up, and sinketh and drowneth that which is weighty and solid.
Page 112 - ... unhappy chance to light upon a face, whose favour when it lived my astonish'd mind inform'd me I had seen. He lay in his armour, as if that had been his coffin ; and the weeping sea (like one whose milder temper doth lament the death of him whom in his rage he slew) runs up the shore, embraces him, kisses his cheek ; goes back again and forces up the sands to bury him ; and every time it parts, sheds tears upon him; till at last, (as if it could no longer endure to see the man whom it had slain,...
Page 57 - Moreover, 14 it was not till late that the short plot was discarded for one of greater compass, and the grotesque diction of the earlier satyric form for the stately manner of Tragedy. The iambic measure...
Page 29 - Lady, no one of mortal men in the wide world could find fault with thee, for thy fame goes up to the wide heaven, as doth the fame of a blameless king, one that fears the gods and reigns among many men and mighty, maintaining right, and the black earth bears wheat and barley, and the trees are laden with fruit, and the sheep bring forth and fail not, and the sea gives store of fish, and all out of his good guidance, and the people prosper under him.
Page 181 - Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
Page 46 - There is no public temple built for it, but the man who acts as priest keeps the sceptre in his house for the year ; and sacrifices are offered to it daily, and a table is set beside it covered with all sorts of flesh and cakes.
Page 7 - But when Tragedy and Comedy came to light, the two classes of poets still followed their natural bent: the lampooners became writers of Comedy, and the Epic poets were succeeded by Tragedians, since the drama was a larger and higher form of art.
Page 57 - Tragedy advanced by slow degrees; each new element that showed itself was in turn developed. Having passed through many changes, it found its natural form, and there it stopped.
Page 28 - So when the god would not grant his request, he went home and began to think how he might contrive to make Adrastus withdraw of his own accord. After a while he hit upon a plan which he thought would succeed. He sent envoys to Thebes in Boeotia, and informed the Thebans that he wished to bring Melanippus the son of Astacus to Sicyon. The Thebans consenting...
Page 120 - It is said that the body of a male Persian is never buried, until it has been torn either by a dog or a bird of prey. That the Magi have this custom is beyond a doubt, for they practise it without any concealment.