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524 524 INDEX. Pase LASUS, his over-refinement in rhythm, &c. .. 215 LESGHES or Lescheus. (See Cyclic poems) 66 LINUS, the songs so called 17 traditions respecting 18 LITERATURE of Greece— as confined to particular races 275 early formation of a national literature in Greece ib. celebrated cities, &c ib. Athens acquired the rank of a capital. (See Athens) 276 LITYERSES, melancholy song 19 LOGOGRAPHERS— meaning of the term and to whom applied 265 LYRIC poetry 148 transition to from the Epos, through Elegiac and Iambic ib. its connexion with music ib. and with dancing 149 characteristics of Greek lyric poety. . ib. distinctions between the JEolic and Doric schools 164 reasons for such division, structure, dialect, &c ib. Epode, origin of in the Doric school.. 165 the Doric school choral ib. JEolic, usually for recitation by an in- dividual ib. exceptions to this ib. loss of JEolic poems caused by the un- intelligibility of the dialect 166 A lewus. (See his name) ib. metres employed by the JEolic lyric poets 170 Sappho. (See her name) 172 Anacreon. (See his name) 180 the melos, designed to be sung by a single person 187 the scolion — description of 188 scolia, distinguished from other drink- ing songs ib. principally composed by Lesbians .... ib. composers of— said to be invented by Terpander, ib. subjects of those which are extant .... 189 connexion of lyric poetry with choral songs 190 gradual rise of regular forms from this connexion t,. . 191 specimens of simple ancient songs 192 Alcman. (See his name) 193 Stesichorus. (See his name) 197 Avion. (See his name) 203 the Dithyramb. (See that title) ib. Ibycus. (See his name) 205 Simonides. (See his name) 207 Bacchylides. (See his name) 213 Lasus. (See his name) 214 Timocreon. (See his name) 21 5 Pindar. (See his name) 216 its falling off after the time of the great tragedians 387 Ckeeremon. (See his name) ib. LYRIC poetry Page improved by the new Dithyramb .... 447 Melanippides. (See his name) ib. Philoxenus — Ginesias — Phrynis. (See their names), 448 Timotheus. (See his name) 449 other poets and musicians of minor note ib. LYSIAS (orator), his family, age, and personal history 496 his speech against Eratosthenes 497 comparison of him with Gorgias .... ib. notion of his earlier style derived from Plato's Phcedrus 498 extant collection of his works ...... 499 description of his Funeral Oration. . ib. alteration in his style — how caused. . 500 his speeches adapted to the parties for whom written ib. his use of the figures of thought and speech 501 compression of his style — reason for. . ib. his speech against Agoratus — descrip- tion of ib. very prolific as an orator 503 genuineness of the works attributed to him c. . . ib. MANEROS, song similar to the Linns. . 19 MARS (Ares), see 11 n. MELANIPPIDES (lyric poet), his age and country 447 gave a new character to the Dithyramb ib. MELISSUS (Eleatic philosopher), his age and country 252 a close follower of Parmenides ib. MELOS. (See Lyric poetry) 187 MENANDER (comedian), his age, &c. 438 his cotemporaries and successors .... 439 clear conception of his plays given by the Roman imitations ib. scene and characters of his plays .... 440 state of morals and manners in his time 443 comparison with Euripides 445 MERCURY (Hermes), see 11 n. METRES, Dactylic form adapted to epic poetry 35 peculiarities of this form ib. MIMNERMUS (elegiac poet) 106 his age and style 115 political and patriotic ib. his love elegies 116 MINERVA (Athena), see 11 n. MINOR Epic poets ] 00 their general character ib. importance of their fragmentary re- mains ib. poems by uncertain authors — The Talc- ing of QZchalia 102 poems containing different legends of Hercules 103 Cinmilwn, Eumelus, Asivs, Chersiae. (See those names) MUSiEUS, a Pierian, not a Thrncian. . 26 MUSIC of the <uveks Mi)