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From: The Village Voice
Date: 20060329
Author:Soloski, Alexis

Turning choice Greek scraps into leftover surprise

FRAGMENT

By Euripides and Sophocles

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In Tom Stoppard's wondrous play Arcadia, the precocious Thomasina bewails the burning of Alexander's library. "All the lost plays of the Athenians! Two hundred at least by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides-thousands of poems. . . . How can we sleep for grief?" Her tutor, Septimus, gently answers her, "By counting our stock. Seven from Aeschylus, seven from Sophocles, 19 from Euripides, my lady." Septimus's words ...

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