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 THE TRAGIC DIALOGUE. — THESPIS. 67 Of course, there could be no theatrical contests in the days of Thespis^ : but the dithyrambic contests seem to have been im- portant enough to induce Pisistratus to build a temple in which the victorious choragi might offer up their tripods^, a practice which the victors with the tragic chorus subsequently adopted. 1 Plutarch, Sol. xxix. ^ Il{>6iov, lepov 'AttoXXwi'os 'Adrjurjo-ip virb TletcncrTpaTov yeyovSs' ets 5 rods rplirodas eTideaav oi ti^ kvkXIo} x^P^ vcK7jcravTe$ to, QapyrjXia. Photius. Conip. Thucyd. ii. 15, VI. 54.