Which of Milton's works adapts the form of Greek tragedy?
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Correct answer: A. Samson Agonistes
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Samson Agonistes (1671), a closet drama on Judges 13–16 modelled on Aeschylus and Sophocles, with a chorus and offstage catastrophe; Milton's preface invokes Aristotle's catharsis.
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