ABSTRACT
But why stop at the Greek dramatists? We cDuld equally weIl say of Pindar: Sometimes a single myth gives Pindar aU the material he needs; but sometimes he uses it up too quickly, and has to bring in a second one, which nlay be quite independent of the first. \Ve could weIl say that Pindar was forced into the diptych-form before ever Aeschylus gave way to it.
