...Nothing could give the people more pleasure than lliia eveut. To commemorate it, they instituted g.imi's, in which the tragic poets were to try their skill; and the dispute was very remarkable. Sophor.les, then a young man, brought his first piece upon the theater; and Aphepston, the archon,...

...Of what the result was, we have the best authority. " Sophocles, then a young man," says Plutarch, " brought his first piece upon the theatre, and Aphepsion,...audience were not unprejudiced, did not appoint the judges by lot in the usual manner. The method he took was this : when Cimon and his officers had entered...

...and carried (hem to the ancient seat of that hero, almost four hundred years after he had left it; Nothing could give the people more pleasure than this...first piece upon the theatre ; and Aphepsion, the arcnon, perceiving that the audience were not unprejudiced, did not appoint the judges by lot in the...

...own galley, and carried them to the ancient seat of that hero, almost 800 years after he had left it. Nothing could give the people more pleasure than this...their skill, and the dispute was very remarkable. .'.'<?'phodes, then a young man, brought his first piece upon the theatre ; and Aphepsion, the archon,...