Thespis the first that did surprise the age
- DMI number:
- 27099
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Thespis the first that did surprise the age
- Last Line:
- And made them look as great as those they played
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Couplet
- Themes:
- Theatre
- Translated from:
- Horace
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Thomas Creech
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Epistle III. To the Pisones, or the Art of Poetry.' Creech (1684): 547-570.
- Title:
- A general history of the stage; with pieces of poetry never before published [T88607]
- Page No(s):
- pp.2-3
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Creech.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Creech
- Title:
- A general history of the stage; with pieces of poetry never before published [T88608]
- Page No(s):
- pp.2-3
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Creech.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Creech
Poem Aliases
Horace's Epistles. Book II. Epistle III.
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