Word: satyr
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Dates: during 1901-1901
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...history of the Greek Satyr play, of which the Cyclops is the only surviving example, in an interesting one. Both tragedy and comedy in Greece were the results of evolution, continuing over a long period of time. From its origin the theatre was closely connected with the worship of he god Dionysys; tragedy began with the narration and then the performance of the adventures of the god by a chorus of satyrs, who danced and sang rude songs. Soon the subject broadened into other fields and the dramatic element increased at the expense of the choral element. But the conservation...