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... ancient ritual dances representing the gods and their powers have begun . As early men grappled with such mysteries , attempting to under- stand the nature of their lives and their world , they found their own features inadequate to ...
... ancient ritual dances representing the gods and their powers have begun . As early men grappled with such mysteries , attempting to under- stand the nature of their lives and their world , they found their own features inadequate to ...
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... ancient bards who wandered from city to city reciting the mythic stories in epic verse . To him are attributed two of the poetic masterpieces of antiquity , shapers of style ever after them , alive and vital in literature today : the ...
... ancient bards who wandered from city to city reciting the mythic stories in epic verse . To him are attributed two of the poetic masterpieces of antiquity , shapers of style ever after them , alive and vital in literature today : the ...
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... ancient proverb : Pride goeth before a fall . It is foremost of the tragic flaws that are common to even the noblest of human natures . " Fate " in the Greek sense is a complex idea . It is the way things are going to be and not even ...
... ancient proverb : Pride goeth before a fall . It is foremost of the tragic flaws that are common to even the noblest of human natures . " Fate " in the Greek sense is a complex idea . It is the way things are going to be and not even ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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