442 INDEX. Pherecrates, 1 70 ; his metre, ibid, note 10 Philemon, the comedian, 199 Philippides, 199 Philippus, the comedian, 193 Philoctetes of Sophocles, examination pa- per on, 420 Phormis, the comedian, 166 ^povTjfxa explained, 1 1 5, note 1 Phrynichus, the tragedian, 92 Phrynichus, the comedian, t 7 1 Pliya, 57 Pindar explained, 16, 37, 38, 43, 44 Pisistratus, 57 ; his encouragement of lite- rature, 62 Planetary worship, 14 Plato, the comedian, 174 Plato, his definition of Tragedy and Comedy, 73 Plato Leges, 844 D, explained, 17 Pleiades, the seven poets so named, 163 Plots or fables, 332 Pluteum, 230 Jlvtyos, 26'j Podium, 233 Poet, successful, honours of, 218 ; his fame transient as compared with that of the his- torian, 219 Pollux, Julius, 356 sqq. Posidippus, the comedian, 203 PrcBcinctiones, 227 Pratinas, account of, 94 ; inventor of Sa- tyric Drama, 69 Upoedpia, 228, note 4 Prologue, 60 Proper names in the Tragic Senarius, 379, 403 UpocTKriuiov, 227, 229, 307 Upocrcoireiou, 248 Upurayojvi.aT'ris, his functions, 2 16 UpOXees, 28 "Punch," 258, note 4, 307 Punning in the ancient tragedies, 136, note I Pyrrhic and Proceleusmatic feet, 33 Pyrrhic dance, 33 ; performed on horse- back, 34 R. Rabelais, 77, note 3 Beligio not from religare, 3 1 Rhapsodes, etymology of the word, 50 ; nature of, ihid. 'P^CTiS, 60 Rhinthon, writer of tragi- comedy, 203 Rhythm comprises metre, 322 Right and left on the stage, 232 Roman theatre, 306 S. Saturn, his functions, 14 'Saturnine' and 'Jovial,' 14 Satyr and Silenus distinguished, 24 Satyric drama, actors in how dressed, 264 ^KTjwq, 226 Scenery, 24 invented by Agatharchus, ibid. Schiller's definition of Tragedy, 74, note 2 SeXi'Ses, 228 Semele, 20 Seneca, 312 ; his influence on the French dramatic writers, 313 Serpent, as a symbol of life, 18 Seventh day sacred to Saturn and the Sun, H Simonides of Amorgus, 52 Sicyonians, their share in the invention of Tragedy, 41 Six, a perfect number, 14 liKiepeia, 17 Soccus, 258 Socrates, Xenophon's and Plato's account of, to be received with allowance, 97, 184 Sopater, writer of tragi-comedy, 203 Sophocles, his life, 113 — 117; colleague of Pericles, 115; acquainted with Hero- dotus, ibid.; his death, ti6; his cha- racter as a man, 121 ; his public charac- ter, ibid. ; his improvements in Tragedy, I r9 ; number of his plays, 117; his CEdipus Rex, 127 ; CEdipus at Colonus, 128,287; Antigone, 128; Ajax, 125, 291; Philoctetes, 129; Trachinise, 126; Electra, 125 ; comparative merits of the remaining seven, 124 ; difference of cha- racter between him and ^schylus, 120; in what respect Homeric, 103, note 3; his general principles of action, 121 ; not fully appreciated by the modems, 119; wrote other works besides tragedies, 1 1 7 Sophocles, junior, 162
