Kane County Standard | 1931-04-24 | Page 4 | Stage Tragedies

stage Trag Tr agedio edlis the word tragedy Is from greek words meaning gout goat songs there are many any explanations of 0 too the reason for tills this possibly goat coat songs was applied to the chants used by the men clothed in goatskin who represented the satyrs in the festival of bacchus Bacch na tragedy took its rise from these songs tho greek developed it to a high point especially in the dramas of aeschylus sophocles and euripides aristotle guvo as the reason for the ex existence of tragedy the purification of the passions through the aron arousing sing of fear and pity