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*‘Of the literature of ancient Greece only a small portion survives. Yet much of it remains important, not only because of its high quality but also because Western literature is partly based on froms that were of Greek invention. Two such literary forms are tragedy (tragōideia; “goat song”) and comedy (homōidia; “revel-song”), both of which presumably originated in ancient Greek rituals of celebration and sacrifice. Both tragedy and comedy were performed at Athens at the spring festival of the god Dionysus (the great Dionysia).’

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**– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 20]: 390

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