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which makes them more
"Cresting and full of
ac«on. Even old ^Eschy-
'Us introduced this nov-
% once before he died.
^'et much novelty is still
unwelcome to the citizen.
The citizen feels this,
Specially if it is one of
the new sensational plays
°* Euripides which is
Presented. . Euripides
(F'g- 87) is the son of
a farmer who lives on
the island of Salamis
(%-78). He is a friend
and companion of the
SoPhists, and in matters
of religion his mind is
troubled with doubts.
new plays are all
filled with these doubts
regarding the gods, and
^ey have raised a great
many questions and some
d°ubts which the citizen
has
b,
never been able to
'amsh from his own
mind
the,
since he heard
m- Sophocles there-
f°re suits all the old-
{ashioned folk, and it is
Very rarely that Euripides
^as been able to carry
Dff the prize in spite of
^§tg'' 371. Eurip-
ides
Fig. 88. Monument commemorat-
ing the Triumph of an Athenian
Citizen in Music
An entire street of Athens was filled
with such monuments (§ .373)- We learn
the name of the citizen, Lysicrates, who
erected this beautiful monument, from
the inscription it still bears, which reads:
" Lysicrates . . . was choragus [leader of
the chorus] when the boy-chorus of the
tribe of Akamantis won the prize; Theon
was flute-player, Lysiades of Athens
trained the choir. Euaenetus was archon."
The archon's name dates the erection of
the monument for us in 335 to 334 B.C.
Beyond the monument we look west-
ward to the back of the Acropolis (see
Plan, p. 18S)
199
which makes them more
"Cresting and full of
ac«on. Even old ^Eschy-
'Us introduced this nov-
% once before he died.
^'et much novelty is still
unwelcome to the citizen.
The citizen feels this,
Specially if it is one of
the new sensational plays
°* Euripides which is
Presented. . Euripides
(F'g- 87) is the son of
a farmer who lives on
the island of Salamis
(%-78). He is a friend
and companion of the
SoPhists, and in matters
of religion his mind is
troubled with doubts.
new plays are all
filled with these doubts
regarding the gods, and
^ey have raised a great
many questions and some
d°ubts which the citizen
has
b,
never been able to
'amsh from his own
mind
the,
since he heard
m- Sophocles there-
f°re suits all the old-
{ashioned folk, and it is
Very rarely that Euripides
^as been able to carry
Dff the prize in spite of
^§tg'' 371. Eurip-
ides
Fig. 88. Monument commemorat-
ing the Triumph of an Athenian
Citizen in Music
An entire street of Athens was filled
with such monuments (§ .373)- We learn
the name of the citizen, Lysicrates, who
erected this beautiful monument, from
the inscription it still bears, which reads:
" Lysicrates . . . was choragus [leader of
the chorus] when the boy-chorus of the
tribe of Akamantis won the prize; Theon
was flute-player, Lysiades of Athens
trained the choir. Euaenetus was archon."
The archon's name dates the erection of
the monument for us in 335 to 334 B.C.
Beyond the monument we look west-
ward to the back of the Acropolis (see
Plan, p. 18S)