Note 57 — INTRODUCTION

In 467 B.C. Aristias concluded his tragedies with the Palaestae, “a satyric drama of his father Pratinas” (cf. arg. Aesch. Seven against Thebes). It is generally supposed that this was a posthumous piece. But Professor Capps suggests that Pratinas may frequently have provided a satyr-play for someone’s else trilogy, and thus explains the disproportionate number of satyric dramas in Pratinas’ list and of tragedies in other poets’ lists.