 | 1803 - 444 pàgines
...entertainments are derived, the origin of tragedy was no other than the song which. was wont to be sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that God ; after the sacrifice, the priests, with the company that joined them, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus; and,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 pàgines
...entertainments are derived, the origin of tragedy was no other than the song which was wont to be sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that god ; after the sacrifice, the priests, with the company that joined them, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus l and... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 pàgines
...entertainments are derived, the origin of tragedy was no other than the song which was wont to be sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that god; after the sacrifice, the priests, with the company that joined them, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus ; and... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pàgines
...Tragedy, like other arts, was, in its beginning, rude and imperfect. The song referred to was wont to be sung by the Greeks at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that god: after the sacrifice, the priests, with the company that joined them, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus. These... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 pàgines
...entertainments are derived, the origin of this art was no other than the song which was commonly sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that god. After the sacrifice, the priests, and all the company attending, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus ; and from... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1853 - 474 pàgines
...entertainments are derived, the origin of this art was no other than the song which was commonly sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that god. After the sacrifice, the priests, and all the company attending, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus ; and from... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 534 pàgines
...Entertainments are derived, the origin of Tragedy was no other than the Song which was wont to be sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that God ; after the sacrifice, the Priests, with the company that joined them, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus j and... | |
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Tragedy, like other arts, was, in its beginnings, rude and imperfect. Among the Greeks, from whom our dramatic entertainments are derived, the origin of tragedy was no other than the song which. was wont to be sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was... 