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... Aeschylus 30 Sophocles 30 Euripides 31 Menander 31 The Roman Coliseum 33 Mosaic of tragic and comic masks from Pompeii 46 Floor plan of Roman theatre 48 A Kabuki performer 51 Scene from a Kabuki play 60 Noh players using the traditional ...
... Aeschylus 30 Sophocles 30 Euripides 31 Menander 31 The Roman Coliseum 33 Mosaic of tragic and comic masks from Pompeii 46 Floor plan of Roman theatre 48 A Kabuki performer 51 Scene from a Kabuki play 60 Noh players using the traditional ...
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... Aeschylus , Sopho- cles , and Euripides . Their lives overlapped , though each carried the form of his art a distinctive step forward , and as poets they share equal honor . They were individuals whose slightly differing views of the ...
... Aeschylus , Sopho- cles , and Euripides . Their lives overlapped , though each carried the form of his art a distinctive step forward , and as poets they share equal honor . They were individuals whose slightly differing views of the ...
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... Aeschylus and when he was dead said he had been killed by an eagle who mistook his bald head for a rock and dropped a tortoise on it to break the shell . Yet the people of Athens , abruptly aware that a mighty voice was still , revoked ...
... Aeschylus and when he was dead said he had been killed by an eagle who mistook his bald head for a rock and dropped a tortoise on it to break the shell . Yet the people of Athens , abruptly aware that a mighty voice was still , revoked ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
Copyright | |
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