The palaces of Crete and their builders . FIG. 156. — MAX PLAYIXG ALYRE. Painting on a sarcophagus at HagiaTriada, discovered hv the Italian Mission. THE THEATRE AND MUSIC 319 a lyre. Such was the custom of the Minoan people, unlike thatof the Egyptians, who wore their hair short. In the HomericEpos men and gods are unshorn, and the heroes who take part inPatroklos funeral games run races with their hair flying in thewind. This usage lasted till the historic age of Greece. WhenXerxes sent a spy to find out how many Greeks were assembledat Thermopylae the spy returned and told him they were i^^
The palaces of Crete and their builders . FIG. 156. — MAX PLAYIXG ALYRE. Painting on a sarcophagus at HagiaTriada, discovered hv the Italian Mission. THE THEATRE AND MUSIC 319 a lyre. Such was the custom of the Minoan people, unlike thatof the Egyptians, who wore their hair short. In the HomericEpos men and gods are unshorn, and the heroes who take part inPatroklos funeral games run races with their hair flying in thewind. This usage lasted till the historic age of Greece. WhenXerxes sent a spy to find out how many Greeks were assembledat Thermopylae the spy returned and told him they were i^^^N innumber and were engaged in combing their long hair. In thismanner the companions of Leonidas prepared themselves todispute by force the pass of Thermopylae. Herodotus adds. FIG. 157.—MAX PLAYING A DOUBLE on a sarcophagus at Hagia Triada, discovered b} the Itahan Mission that when they are about to pass through a supreme trial theSpartans must, according to usage, first arrange their hair. V. The Eumenides of i^schylus, because of the predominance ofchoruses, is more comparable to an opera than to a tragedy,^schylus, being, like Wagner and Boito, both musician andpoet, wrote the tunes and dances for his choruses. TheEumenides was his last tragedy, and with it ends the trilogy Herod., vii. 209. 320 PALACES OF CRETE AND THEIR BUILDERS of Orestes. I When the Furies rushed on the stage to punish thecrime of Orestes a profound impression was produced, unprece-dented in the annals of the theatre. Composition was simpler, but the musical education of theGreek people was more complete, and the use of a few instru-ments with voices produced magnificent effects. Gesture addedforce to the words, and the waves of sound, modulated bypassion, formed an
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