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Medea And The Chorus
As you have learned, Greek drama evolved from the ritualistic
performances of a chorus at the Dionysian festivals. After the actor Thespis
stepped out of the chorus and began a dialogue with it, other characters soon
followed, and the chorus's role gradually diminished in size (from fifty members
to fifteen) and importance. Playwrights kept the chorus as a significant
element in their dramas, but its functions were necessarily more limited.
Robinson Jeffers, who translated Medea, has also retained the chorus, but has
modified its mature slightly. Instead of having it speak ....
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