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Three were the composing elements of tragedy: the Prose, the Lyrics and the Dancing. The tragedy was beginning with the entrance of the chorus on the orchestra singing an ode, called Parodos. The chorus were also singing between the dialogic parts of the play other songs called Stassima in ensemble or devided in two groups (Hemechoria).
The songs for the chorus were written in doric dialect. Beside these songs there were also other songs performed by one actor (Monodia) or two (Diodia). Parodos, stassima, monodies and diodies composed the lyric part of tragedy.
The prose was beginning withPrologos, the part before the entrance of the chorus. The plot was developping with the Epeissodes and finishes with the Exodus.
Prologos, Epeissodia and Exodus were written in attic dialect and in verses. As far as the metrics is concerned these parts were written in Iambic Trimetron.
The poets were also composing the music for their plays. The songs were performed by an orchestra composed by flute, phormigx, drums and sometimes guitar (Kithara).
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