Author : Temple Stanyan
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230242712
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (427 download)
Book Synopsis The Grecian History; from the Original of Greece, to the Death of Philip of Macedon Volume 1 by : Temple Stanyan
Download or read book The Grecian History; from the Original of Greece, to the Death of Philip of Macedon Volume 1 written by Temple Stanyan and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1751 edition. Excerpt: ... And the Improvement it receiv'd from Thespis in Solon's Time, was only the Addition of one Person, whose Business it was to relieve the Chorus with the Recital of some illustrious Adventure. AEschylus chang'd the Cart into a Theatre; and divided the Action between several Persons, -whom he drefs'd in Habits suitable to the Cliaracters they were to sustain. His Stile is sublime and pompous, but withal harsh and obscure: The main End of all his Pieces, is Terror; and tho' he has not work'd it up with that Conducl and Decorum, which were more artsully observ'd by his Successors, yet he deserves particular Mention, as the first who introduc'd on the Stage any thing like a Regular Variety. CHAP. VI. From the Peace micluded between the Athenians and Lacedaemonians for fifty Years to the End of the Peloponnesian War. Containing the Space of 17 Tears. nrHERE was one Clause in the late Treaty, whereby it was provided, That the Athe-3584. nians and Lacedaemonians might alter, or add to it, Olymp. as they saw occasion: Which look'd so Arbitrary89"4' and Designing, that the B otians, and several of of the Peloponnesian Allies would not sign k. Whereupon Nicias, to unite Athens and Sparu attddtftn-by a closer Tie, and strike a Terror into thofe ft." bt-who stood out, prevail'd with the two States, AthensWbesides the Peace, to enter into a League offerSparta. five an(j deferisiVe, for the fame Term of fifty Years: Which however lasted but between seven and eight of them; and during that time the War was not intirely interrupted, because the Treaty was never fairly put in Execution. This stuck chiefly upon the Lacedaemonians, to whom it falling by Lot to make the first Restitution, they immediately began with that of Persons, an
