| 1803 - 444 páginas
...entertainments are derived, the origin of tragedy was no other than the song which. was wont to be sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that God ; after the sacrifice, the priests, with the company that joined them, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus; and,... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 páginas
...entertainments are derived, the origin of tragedy was no other than the song which was wont to be sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that god ; after the sacrifice, the priests, with the company that joined them, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus l and... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 páginas
...entertainments are derived, the origin of tragedy was no other than the song which was wont to be sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that god; after the sacrifice, the priests, with the company that joined them, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus ; and... | |
| British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 páginas
...Tragedy, like other arts, was, in its beginning, rude and imperfect. The song referred to was wont to be sung by the Greeks at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that god: after the sacrifice, the priests, with the company that joined them, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus. These... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 páginas
...entertainments are derived, the origin of this art was no other than the song which was commonly sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that god. After the sacrifice, the priests, and all the company attending, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus ; and from... | |
| William Pulleyn - 1853 - 474 páginas
...entertainments are derived, the origin of this art was no other than the song which was commonly sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that god. After the sacrifice, the priests, and all the company attending, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus ; and from... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 534 páginas
...Entertainments are derived, the origin of Tragedy was no other than the Song which was wont to be sung at the festival of Bacchus. A goat was the sacrifice offered to that God ; after the sacrifice, the Priests, with the company that joined them, sung hymns in honour of Bacchus j and... | |
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