Greek tragedy

Note 10 — Chapter I · THE LITERARY HISTORY OF GREEK TRAGEDY

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These narratives and conversations were naturally regarded as interruptions in the main business, and this feeling is marked by the name always given to the “acts” of a play, ἐπεισόδια (“episodia”), i.e. “interventions” or “interruptions”.

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