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Aristotle credits Sophocles with the invention of scene portray, an innovation ascribed by others to Aeschylus. It is notable that Aeschylus took an curiosity in staging and is credited with the classic costume design. Simple Greek scenery was comparable with that of the 20th century; the impulse to visualise and particularize the background of the motion grew to become robust. Painted scenery was most likely first used in manufacturing of the Oresteia; some 50 years afterward a second story was added to the wood scene structure. A wood colonnade, or portico, the proskēnion, was placed in front of the decrease…
