According to the rhetorician Themistius, Aristotle said that tragedy in its earliest stage was entirely choral until the prologue and speeches were first introduced by Thespis.

• 根据修辞学家忒弥修斯（Themistius）的记载，亚里斯多德曾说过，悲剧在最初阶段完全是合唱，直到泰斯庇斯才首次引进开场白和台词。