The general character of Greek dramaturgy and its historical place are outlined at once concisely and suggestively by Brander Matthews in his _Development of the Drama_ (New York, 1903), chapter ii, to which may be added chapters iii, v, viii, ix, and xiii of his _Study of the Drama_ (New York, 1910). T. D. Goodell’s _Athenian Tragedy_ (New Haven, 1920) is admirable. Gilbert Murray’s _Euripides and His Age_ (London and New York, 1913) discusses Greek dramaturgy generally in chapters iii, viii, and ix. More inclusive works for English readers are A. E. Haigh’s _The Attic Theatre_, 3d edition revised by A. W. Pickard-Cambridge (Oxford, 1907), and R. C. Flickinger’s _The Greek Theatre and Its Drama_ (Chicago, 1918). These few books are selected as specifically informing and suggestive for dramaturgy. A longer selective list will be found in L. VanHook’s _Greek Life and Thought_ (New York, 1923), pages 310-312. A comprehensive bibliography, so many are the historical significances of Greek tragedy, would fill a volume. [2] This paragraph and the following are adapted from the author’s _Writing and Speaking_, pages 412-415. [3] “The words are so composed that their full effect can be appreciated only through the clear and rhythmical enunciation of an actor who relies mainly on his voice.” J. T. Sheppard, _The Œdipus Tyrannus of Sophocles_ translated and explained, Cambridge University Press, 1920, page ix. [4] See pages 126, 127 above on the distinction made by pseudo-Longinus (xi-xii) between poetry and oratory. [5] Parts of this paragraph and the following are taken from the author’s _A Note on the History Play_, in _Shakesperian Studies_, Columbia University Press, 1916. [6] This has nowhere been better expounded than in the ninth chapter of Gilbert Murray’s _Euripides and His Age_, London and New York (Home University Library), 1913. [7] _Poetic_, 1447 a. See above, pages 140, 143. [8] _Poetic_, 1453 a. See above, pages 135, 144, 155. [9] For instance, Chaucer’s Monk says in his prologue: Tragedie is to seyn a certeyn storie, As olde bokes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in greet prosperitee And is yfallen out of heigh degree Into miserie, and endeth wretchedly. _Canterbury Tales_, B. 3163. [10] _De Nugis Curialium_, IV. xi. Map’s collection contains several other forms of the same story or of related stories. [11] Brunetière’s point (_Annales du Théâtre_, 1893) is well interpreted by Brander Matthews, _The Development of the Drama_, page 20, and again in _A Study of the Drama_, chapter v. [12] As to this see Gilbert Murray, _Euripides and His Age_, page 205. [13] See above, page 163. [14] E. S. Shuckburgh’s edition of the _Antigone_, Cambridge University Press, 1908, page xvii.