In the great tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides it figured largely both vocally and instrumentally, and, even as the Welsh have their eisteddfod, so the classic Greeks had their competitions, in which choirs from various cities strove for vocal supremacy and the honours of prize-winners.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
"They was singing like an eisteddfod," said a man in the South Wales Borderers, "when they advanced.
"Leaves from a Field Note-Book"
J. H. Morgan
Welshmen North and South, united for the nonce, now propose her gallantry as a theme to the rival Bards at the next eisteddfod.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith