and cothurni. She holds by the hand a child dressed in atunic and wearing the Phrygian cap, which denotes his Trojan origin.To the left are two figures—a man leaning on the shoulder ofa girl—not in tragic costume, whom we must suppose to besupernumeraries (unless they represent the chorus, an… … if) O 376 PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS chap.vii child of Hector to the sword. This subject was treated by Acciusin one, if not two plays (the Troades and the Astyanax, if these areto be distinguished); and our relief is to be regarded as an illus-tration of the poets text. The Eoman theatre was used not only…
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