If we date the _Poetics_ about the year 330 B. C., as seems probable, that is more than two hundred years after the first tragedy of Thespis was produced in Athens, and more than seventy after the death of the last great masters of the tragic stage.
如果我们断定《诗学》的写作日期是公元前330左右，这是可能的，这时距离泰斯庇斯在雅典创作出第一部悲剧已经过去了200多年，距离最后一位悲剧舞台大师去世也有70多年了。
And the words of Aristotle's definition of tragedy in Chapter VI might have been used in the days of Thespis in a much cruder and less metaphorical sense.
亚里斯多德在第6章对悲剧的定义适合于泰斯庇斯时代更多自然场景，更少隐喻的场景的悲剧。
He imagines Moli re, as a young pre-stellar actor, taking up residence with a rich landed gent who wants to learn the craft of Thespis.
他把莫里哀想象成一位蓄势待发的年轻演员，与一位拥有土地的富裕绅士住在一起，后者希望学习希腊诗人泰斯庇斯的本事。
Addison: Having covered in tedious detail not only the history of the Sarah Saddens Society, but also the history of acting since Thespis first stepped out of the chorus line.
爱迪森：不但啰里吧嗦地介绍了萨拉希登斯协会的历史，而且还介绍了古典音乐诗剧退出舞台后的戏剧历史。（注：Thespis，泰斯庇斯，古希腊诗人，悲剧的创始人