The Stage in Aristophanes (Classic Reprint), White John Williams

If this explanation of the five passages is correct, these are the re sults. It is shown that the old interpretation of the terms ascend and descend) is impossible for the Vitruvian stage in the third and fifth passages; moreover, in the fifth, that the sense retire is also impossible in the scholiasts application of the meaning, since actors and chorus are on a level. The last passage, therefore, is positive proof against the existence of a stage.

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