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98 SUGGESTIONS TO THE COMIC POETS. [cHAP. XIII.
therefore well speak to them in this language from
the stage,
yalper acrriKOS Actus
'wrap ijfxevoi Ato?,
Wapdevov ^)t'Xas (pi\oi
awcbpovovvTes ev j^povw,
HaWaoos c vtto TTTepols
6fTas ci^erai TIaTtjp.
iEsCHYL. EuMENID. 953.
Hail ye denizens, who sit
Rang'd beneath the throne of Jove,
To the dear Virgin-Goddess dear,
By Time instructed to be wise.
You who dwell beneath the wings
Of Pallas, doth her sire revere.
And while reminding them of these their sacred pri-
vileges, he might stimulate them hy sensible appeals
to prove by their acts that they did not themselves
forget the favour of Heaven and their <own conse-
quent duties and dignity.
The same observation may be applied to another
department of dramatic literature: It is evident
that to the peculiar advantages of position and con-
struction which the Theatre of Athens possessed, is
to be ascribed, in a great degree, the successful
daring of the Aristophanic plays. How, for instance,
in the confinement of a modern theatre, could we
imagine a Trygseus soaring above the sea in an aerial
therefore well speak to them in this language from
the stage,
yalper acrriKOS Actus
'wrap ijfxevoi Ato?,
Wapdevov ^)t'Xas (pi\oi
awcbpovovvTes ev j^povw,
HaWaoos c vtto TTTepols
6fTas ci^erai TIaTtjp.
iEsCHYL. EuMENID. 953.
Hail ye denizens, who sit
Rang'd beneath the throne of Jove,
To the dear Virgin-Goddess dear,
By Time instructed to be wise.
You who dwell beneath the wings
Of Pallas, doth her sire revere.
And while reminding them of these their sacred pri-
vileges, he might stimulate them hy sensible appeals
to prove by their acts that they did not themselves
forget the favour of Heaven and their <own conse-
quent duties and dignity.
The same observation may be applied to another
department of dramatic literature: It is evident
that to the peculiar advantages of position and con-
struction which the Theatre of Athens possessed, is
to be ascribed, in a great degree, the successful
daring of the Aristophanic plays. How, for instance,
in the confinement of a modern theatre, could we
imagine a Trygseus soaring above the sea in an aerial