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Show 262 THE CODE OF TERPSICHORE. THE WRATH OF ACHILLES, OK THE DEATH OF PATROCLUS. A HEROI-TRAGICAL BALLET, IN FIVE ACTS. ARGUMENT. THE subject of this Ballet is borrowed from the Iliad. The action opens at the time when Achilles, swayed by his resentment for the insult offered him by Agamemnon, who had conveyed away his dear Briseis, withdraws into his camp and refuses to assist the Greeks. In the mean time Patroclus, having been permitted to appear in the armour of his friend to encounterflecfor, revives among the Greeks hopes of seeing again the son of Peleus in the field of battle. H e goes forth, fights with Hector and perishes by his hand. The fate of the unfortunate Patroclus induces Achilles to alter his resolution; he advances against the Phrygians to avenge the fall of his friend. Hector being slain, Agamemnon acknowledges himself to have been in the wrong, and makes ample amends to Achilles for the injury he had done him. The affectionate Briseis flies to the arms of her lover, and the banishment of discord is succeeded by a lasting reconciliation between all the Greeks. CHARACTERS. ACHILLES, King of Thessaly, son of Thetis. PATROCLUS, a Grecian Prince; a friend of Achilles. CALCHAS, Chief Priest. ULVSSES, King of Ithaca. AGAMEMNON, King of Argos and Mycence, Commander-in- Chief of the Grecian army. |
