Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol 2 of 2)

CHAPTER XIV.

_GREEK TRAGEDY AND EURIPIDES._

Two Conditions for the Development of a National Drama.--The Attic Audience.--The Persian War.--Nemesis the Cardinal Idea of Greek Tragedy.--Traces of the Doctrine of Nemesis in Early Greek Poetry.--The Fixed Material of Greek Tragedy.--Athens in the Age of Euripides.--Changes introduced by him in Dramatic Art.--Law of Progress in al...