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... IAMBIC POETRY - UNION OF DORIAN CHORAL POETRY AND THE DITHYRAMB - RISE OF THE DIA- LOGUE GNOMIC POETS THE CHORAL FLEMENT AND THE DIALOGUE UNITED BY THESPIS - - 22 CHAP . IV . - THE EARLIEST GREEK TRAGEDIANS THESPIS- CHERILUS PRATINAS ...
... IAMBIC POETRY - UNION OF DORIAN CHORAL POETRY AND THE DITHYRAMB - RISE OF THE DIA- LOGUE GNOMIC POETS THE CHORAL FLEMENT AND THE DIALOGUE UNITED BY THESPIS - - 22 CHAP . IV . - THE EARLIEST GREEK TRAGEDIANS THESPIS- CHERILUS PRATINAS ...
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... of dramatic art , in the pro- logues of explanatory narrative addressed to the spectators in the dramas of Euripides . * * See below , ch . viii . CHAP . III . RISE OF TROCHAIC AND IAMBIC POETRY с3 LYRICAL DRAMA . 21.
... of dramatic art , in the pro- logues of explanatory narrative addressed to the spectators in the dramas of Euripides . * * See below , ch . viii . CHAP . III . RISE OF TROCHAIC AND IAMBIC POETRY с3 LYRICAL DRAMA . 21.
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Edward Walford. CHAP . III . RISE OF TROCHAIC AND IAMBIC POETRY . UNION OF DORIAN CHORAL POETRY AND THE DITHYRAMB . RISE OF THE DIALOGUE . - GNOMIC POETS . - - THE CHORAL ELEMENT AND THE DIALOGUE UNITED BY THESPIS . WE have already ...
Edward Walford. CHAP . III . RISE OF TROCHAIC AND IAMBIC POETRY . UNION OF DORIAN CHORAL POETRY AND THE DITHYRAMB . RISE OF THE DIALOGUE . - GNOMIC POETS . - - THE CHORAL ELEMENT AND THE DIALOGUE UNITED BY THESPIS . WE have already ...
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... iambic metre , as combining together in the best proportions the gravity of poetic diction with the plain lan- guage of common life . Henceforth , as might be ex- pected , the iambic measure prevailed . † But though the epos as a living ...
... iambic metre , as combining together in the best proportions the gravity of poetic diction with the plain lan- guage of common life . Henceforth , as might be ex- pected , the iambic measure prevailed . † But though the epos as a living ...
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... iambic poetry of Archilochus and his followers ; and its effect was heightened by the addi- tion of the dance , and by appropriate vocal and instrumental music . The lyric poetry of the Æolian tribes was almost entirely subjective : it ...
... iambic poetry of Archilochus and his followers ; and its effect was heightened by the addi- tion of the dance , and by appropriate vocal and instrumental music . The lyric poetry of the Æolian tribes was almost entirely subjective : it ...
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