Alexandra

Japanese: 《アレクサンドラ》 - あれくさんどら
Alexandra

…64 (or 46) plays and a treatise entitled “Comedy” are said to have been written by him. A fragment of a satyr play that mocked Menedemus and a 1,474-line poem in the style of Iambos, “Alexandra”, are also known. The poem is in the form of a monologue by a slave who conveys the prophecy of Alexandra, or Cassandra, to King Priam. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Alexandra" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…64(または46)編の作品と《喜劇論》と題する論文があったと伝えられる。メネデモスを揶揄(やゆ)したサテュロス劇の断片と,イアンボス調の1474行の詩《アレクサンドラ》が伝わる。この詩は,アレクサンドラ,すなわちカッサンドラの予言をプリアモス王に伝える奴隷の独白の形式をとる。…

※「《アレクサンドラ》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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