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Definition of Thespis
1. Noun. Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thespis
Literary usage of Thespis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tragic Drama of the Greeks by Arthur Elam Haigh (1896)
"Though the plays of Thespis were greatly in advance of previous efforts, ...
Career of Thespis. Concerning the life of Thespis there is very little ..."
2. History of the Literature of Ancient Greece: To the Period of Isocrates by Karl Otfried Müller, George Cornewall Lewis (1847)
"536), Thespis made the great step of connecting with the choral representation (which
had hitherto at most admitted an interchange of voices) a regular ..."
3. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1894)
"The next step towards the creation of drama Thespis ... At the Great Dionysia of
534 B. c., Thespis, in producing a dithyrambic chorus, came forward as a ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"According to one account, which is also adopted by Horace, it arose from Thespis
travelling during the festival of Dionysus through Attica upon a waggon, ..."
5. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"Thespis. The next step towards the creation of drama was that which is ...
At the Great Dionysia of 534 B. c., Thespis, in producing a dithyrambic chorus, ..."
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