Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics is a book that contains lyrics from a song that was "freely adpted" from an ancient greek comedy by who?
Finishing the Hat Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954–1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes is a book by American musical theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. The book contains Sondheim's lyrics from his first professionally staged show, "Saturday Night" (1954) through "West Side Story", "", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Anyone Can Whistle", "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "Company", "Follies", "A Little Night Music", "The Frogs", "Pacific Overtures", "", and ending with "Merrily We Roll Along" (1981), stopping just short of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Sunday in the Park with George" (1984) which contains the song from which the title of the book is taken.
Apolytikion The Apolytikion (Greek: Ἀπολυτίκιον ) or Dismissal Hymn is a troparion (hymn) said or sung at Orthodox Christian worship services. The apolytikion summarizes the feast being celebrated that day. It is chanted at Vespers, Matins and the Divine Liturgy; and it is read at each of the Little Hours. The name derives from the fact that it is chanted for the first time before the dismissal (Greek: "apolysis") of Vespers. In the Orthodox Church, the liturgical day begins at sunset, so Vespers is the first service of the day. The term apolyikion is used in Greek tradition. In Slavic tradition the term troparion is specifically used to stand for Apolytikion,　whilst troparion is of more generic usage in Greek tradition.