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for information about the Kennedy version.) The word Drama, comes from the Greek verb dran ("to act" or "to do") refers to actions or deeds performed in a theatrical setting for the benefit of the spectators The word 'Tragedy', on which Aristotle discoursed at length, and concerning which philosophers still argue, comes from the Greek 'tragoidia' = 'tragos' (goat) + 'oide' (song) = goat-song". Richard Joyce of Sheffield University In 2004 a fourth poem of Sappho was discovered. Except 3 other poems 264 fragments with 63 complete lines of her work are known today . “The Father of Lies”, The absence of romance in my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it, I shall be content. In fine, I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time. Thucydides - History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I For the Freedom of the Rhodians
Xenophon, Philosopher, Warrior, Author (The March of the 10700, Economy, History) Ancient Greek Literature Links O Demosthenes if you had power like your intellect then the Macedonian Ares would not rule the Greeks! Inscription of a Demosthenes sculpture Plutarch's Lives: 15 Ancient Greek Heroes , Xenophon, Philosopher, Warrior, Author (The March of the 10700, Economy, History) Ancient Greek Literature Links There is no better recreation for the mind than the study of the ancient classics. Take any one of them into your hand, be it only for half an hour, and you will feel yourself refreshed, relieved, purified, ennobled, strengthened; just as though you had quenched your thirst at some pure spring. Arthur Schopenhauer Ancient Greek Humour, Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange Modern Greek Texts Sophocles, Oedipus the King (Modern Greek Text, PDF) Euripides Electra (Modern Greek, PDF) Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes (Modern Greek Text, PDF File) Aristophanes, Lysistrata (Modern Greek Text, PDF)
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