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CONTENTS.
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| Chap. III. Sophocles | 126 | |
| § 1. His Life | 126 | |
| § 2. Improvements in Tragedy | 137 | |
| § 3. Selection and Treatment of Plots | 143 | |
| § 4. The Chorus | 151 | |
| § 5. The Characters | 156 | |
| § 6. The Language | 161 | |
| § 7. Religious and Moral Ideas | 168 | |
| § 8. The Irony of Sophocles | 174 | |
| § 9. The Extant Tragedies | 179 | |
| (1) The Antigone | 182 | |
| (2) The Ajax | 186 | |
| (3) The Trachiniae | 188 | |
| (4) The Electra | 191 | |
| (5) The Oedipus Rex | 192 | |
| (6) The Philoctetes | 194 | |
| (7) The Oedipus Coloneus | 198 | |
| § 10. Reputation among the Ancients | 200 | |
| Chap. IV. Euripides | 204 | |
| § 1. His Life | 204 | |
| § 2. General Characteristics | 217 | |
| (1) Innovations in the spirit of Tragedy | 218 | |
| (2) Modern Criticisms | 226 | |
| (3) Influence of Rhetoric and Philosophy | 233 | |
| § 3. Choice and Structure of Plots | 237 | |
| § 4. Innovations in the Form of Tragedy | 245 | |
| § 5. The Chorus | 251 | |
| § 6. The Language | 256 | |
| § 7. Moral and Religious Ideas | 261 | |
| § 8. Political and Social Opinions | 273 | |
| § 9. The Extant Plays | 280 | |
| (1) The Rhesus | 284 | |
| (2) The Alcestis | 285 | |
| (3) The Medea | 289 | |
| (4) The Heracleidae | 291 | |
| (5) The Hippolytus | 292 | |
| (6) The Hecuba | 295 | |
| (7) The Supplices | 295 | |
| (8) The Andromache | 297 | |
| (9) The Hercules Furens | 298 | |
| (10) The Troades | 300 | |
