Greek tragedy

Norwood

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Norwood · 23 chapters

Quotes from this book

• Greek lyrics are so difficult that most students treat them as prose.

• I shall welcome criticism and advice.

Chapters

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• PREFACESample
• Chapter I. THE LITERARY HISTORY OF GREEK TRAGEDY
• I. The Occasions of Performance
• II. The Buildings
• A. Arguments For a Stage
• B. Arguments Against a Stage
• III. Supervision of Dramatic Displays
• IV. The Mounting of a Tragedy
• V. The Performers and Their Work
• VI. The Audience
• Chapter III. THE WORKS OF ÆSCHYLUS
• Chapter IV. THE WORKS OF SOPHOCLES
• Chapter V. THE WORKS OF EURIPIDES
• § I. Introduction
• § II. The Iambic Metre
• § III. The Trochaic Tetrameter
• § IV. The Anapæstic Metre
• § V. Lyrics
• FOOTNOTES
• I. GREEK
• II. PLACES, Etc.
• III. PERSONS AND WORKS
• IV. METRE
• Chapter VI.
• V. GENERAL