Excerpt from Callias: A Tale of the Fall of Athens When the curtain rises, or rather, is withdrawn, as the Greek arrangement was, into an opening in the oor of the stage, a murmur of recognition runs through the audience. The scene is the market place of Thebes, and a familiar figure occupies the foreground. The portly figure, the ruddy face, the vine-leaf crown, and the buskins Show him to be Bacchus, the patron-god, it will be remembered, of the Drama. But why this lion's skin and club? The god gives a lordly kick at ...
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Excerpt from Callias: A Tale of the Fall of Athens When the curtain rises, or rather, is withdrawn, as the Greek arrangement was, into an opening in the oor of the stage, a murmur of recognition runs through the audience. The scene is the market place of Thebes, and a familiar figure occupies the foreground. The portly figure, the ruddy face, the vine-leaf crown, and the buskins Show him to be Bacchus, the patron-god, it will be remembered, of the Drama. But why this lion's skin and club? The god gives a lordly kick at the door of the house which was one of the familiar stage-properties, and Hercules appears. He roars with laughter to see his own emblems in such strange company. Bacchus explains. The tragic poets grow worse and worse. There is not one who can write a decent line. I am going down to the regions of the dead to fetch Euripides, and thought that I had better dress myself up in your fashion, for you, I know, made this same journey very successfully. Perhaps you will tell me something about the way, and what inns you can recommend, where they are free from eas, you know. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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