g. Orestes'
Discovery of himself in _Iphigenia_: whereas his sister reveals who
she is by the letter, Orestes is made to say himself what the poet
rather than the story demands. This, therefore, is not far removed
from the first-mentioned fault, since he might have presented certain
tokens as well. Another instance is the 'shuttle's voice' in the
_Tereus_ of Sophocles. (3) A third species is Discovery through
memory, from a man's consciousness being awakened by something seen or
heard. Thus in _The Cyprioe_ of Dicaeogenes, the sight of the picture
makes the man burst into tears; and in the _Tale of Alcinous_, hearing
the harper Ulysses is reminded of the past and weeps; the Discovery of
them being the result. (4) A fourth kind is Discovery through
reasoning; e.g. in _The Choephoroe_: 'One like me is here; there is
no one like me but Orestes; he, therefore, must be here.' Or that
which Polyidus the Sophist suggested for _Iphigenia_; since it was
natural for Orestes to reflect: 'My sister was sacrificed, and I am to
be sacrificed like her.' Or that in the _Tydeus_ of Theodectes: 'I
came to find a son, and am to die myself.
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