The Agamemnon of AeschylusJ. Murray, 1831 - 267 |
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... person who introduced a third actor . flection on the incidents of the Agamemnon , renders it next to certain that three , at least , were occasionally resorted to by Eschylus . How could it be otherwise , for instance , where Agamemnon ...
... person who introduced a third actor . flection on the incidents of the Agamemnon , renders it next to certain that three , at least , were occasionally resorted to by Eschylus . How could it be otherwise , for instance , where Agamemnon ...
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... persons of quality and to ma- gistrates , the middle to the commonalty , and the upper are said to have been appropriated to females . † It has , however , been questioned whether they frequented the theatre . That they did not attend ...
... persons of quality and to ma- gistrates , the middle to the commonalty , and the upper are said to have been appropriated to females . † It has , however , been questioned whether they frequented the theatre . That they did not attend ...
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... persons composing the choral band descended from the heights of Empyrean poetry , and took part in the dialogue itself , by means of their xopupaños ( Coryphæus ) or leader . He spoke according to circumstances , either as a single person ...
... persons composing the choral band descended from the heights of Empyrean poetry , and took part in the dialogue itself , by means of their xopupaños ( Coryphæus ) or leader . He spoke according to circumstances , either as a single person ...
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... persons of the drama . Nothing in fact can be more tame or puerile than the style of speaking to which he is restricted . Father Brumoy , in allusion to it , calls him , with laughable quaintness , " l'hon- nête homme de la pièce ...
... persons of the drama . Nothing in fact can be more tame or puerile than the style of speaking to which he is restricted . Father Brumoy , in allusion to it , calls him , with laughable quaintness , " l'hon- nête homme de la pièce ...
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... pages is Momus at the expense of the father of the gods , whom he represents as a limited being , subject in all respects to the blind and inscrutable decrees of Fate ! On this same principle , persons eminent for the very ( 66 )
... pages is Momus at the expense of the father of the gods , whom he represents as a limited being , subject in all respects to the blind and inscrutable decrees of Fate ! On this same principle , persons eminent for the very ( 66 )
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