{Classical Greek Dramatists [continued (7)] [– Euripides [continued (3)]]}[14th February 1991]

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‘The chief structural peculiarities of Euripides’ plays are his use of prologues and of the providential appearance of a god (deus ex machina) at the play’s end. Almost all of the plays start with a monologue that is in effect a bare chronicle explaining the situation and the characters with which the action begins. Similarly, the god’s epilogue at the end of the play serves to reveal the future fortunes of the characters.’

– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 20: 395]

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