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ANTONIO MELERO
Universitat de Valencia
SUMMARY
On the basis of A ristotle's statement in the Poetics about the origin of
Tragedy f rom the saty ric spirit, the author ex amines the themes, plots,
sty le and diction of S aorr-Play in order ro def ine more accurately the ex is-
tingrelationships betw een the tw o dramatic genres especially in the treat-
ment of the traditional my th. A s a result one may say that beneath its ap-
parent comicity , greek S aty r-Play has a ethical seriousness w hich can be
percei v ed in the remainingf ragments.
1.1. En un conocido pasaje de la Potica,' al tratar del origen de la tra-
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