I came across this sentence:
The consensus was that here was a drama truly reflecting an early stage in die evolution of tragedy out of choral lyric.
Adding context:
Modern archaeological finds can still contribute much to the study of ancient literature. For example, forty years ago a survey of the early Greek dramatist Aeschylus’ plays would have started with The Suppliant Women. Many factors internal to the play, but perhaps most especially the prominence of the chorus (which in this play has the main role), led scholars to consider it one of Aeschylus’ earlier works. The consensus was that here was a drama truly reflecting an early stage in die evolution of tragedy out of choral lyric. The play was dated as early as the 490’s B.C., in any event, well before Aeschylus’ play The Persians of 472 B.C.
Several constructs in sentence are confusing to me. Could someone explain what this sentence means? (or was it misprinted and I am wasting my time trying to over-analyze it?)
(In particular, "die evolution", "tragedy out of choral lyric" etc. are confusing to me)
Based on comments, I now believe that "die evolution" was misprinted/ had typo and referred to "the evolution".