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XII
[The parts of Tragedy which must be treated as elements of the whole have
been already mentioned. We now come to the quantitative parts the
separate parts into which Tragedy is divided namely, Prologue, Episode,
Exode, Choric song; this last being divided into Parode and Stasimon.
These are common to all plays: peculiar to some are the songs of actors
from the stage and the Commoi.
The Prologue is that entire part of a tragedy which precedes the Parode
of thc Chorus. The Episode is that entire part of a tragedy which is
between complete choric songs. The Exode is that entire part of a tragedy
which has no choric song after it. Of the Choric part the Parode is the
first undivided utterance of the Chorus: the Stasimon is a Choric ode
without anapaests or trochaic tetrameters: the Commos is a joint
lamentation of Chorus and actors. The parts of Tragedy which must be
treated as elements of thc whole have been already mentioned. The
quantitative parts the separate parts into which it is divided--are here
enumerated.]
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