. The Greek theater and its drama. Fig. 21.—Actors of Dorian Comedy upon a Corinthian Vase See p. 47, n. 2 (and obscene jests, would not suffice to fill so ample a , it became necessary to broaden and deepen theplots; in fact, now for the first time in Attic comedy was it 1^ possible to have a plot worthy of the name. All this is impliedin the words which have already been quoted from Aristotle(p. 35, above): Developing a regular plot was a Sicihan inven-tion, but of the Athenians the first to abandon the iambic orlampooning form and to begin to fashion comprehensive themesa

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. The Greek theater and its drama. Fig. 21.—Actors of Dorian Comedy upon a Corinthian Vase See p. 47, n. 2 (and obscene jests, would not suffice to fill so ample a , it became necessary to broaden and deepen theplots; in fact, now for the first time in Attic comedy was it 1^ possible to have a plot worthy of the name. All this is impliedin the words which have already been quoted from Aristotle(p. 35, above): Developing a regular plot was a Sicihan inven-tion, but of the Athenians the first to abandon the iambic orlampooning form and to begin to fashion comprehensive themesand plots (KadoXov irotetv \6yovs /cat ixWovs) was Crates. Thereference in the first half of this sentence is to Epicharmus, whose INTRODUCTION 51 name actually appears in Aristotles text at this point but with-out grammatical construction. Epicharmus was a resident ofMegara Hyblaea in Sicily, whence he migrated to Syracuse about485 Like the Megarians on the Greek mainland, also theSiciHan Megarians laid claim to the honor o

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