The origin of tragedy with special reference to the Greek tragedians

CONTENTS: The origin of tragedy. The old theory -- The claim of the Dorians -- The dialect of the chorus -- The Dithyramb -- Lasus of Hermione -- The worship of Dionysus -- The modern carnival play in Thrace -- The epiphany carnival in Thessaly -- Dionysus in Greece -- Mimetic dances in Greece -- The cult of Adrastus at Sicyon and the worship of the dead -- The Thymele -- The introduction of the cult of Dionysus into Greece -- The satyric drama -- The rise of Attic tragedy. Introductory, Epigenes of Sicyon -- Thespis -- His grand step -- Mysteries and miracles -- The immediate precursors of Aesohylus -- Pratinas -- Choerilus -- Phrynichus -- The origin of the terms -- Tragoedia and tragic -- ‘Goat-singers’ -- The satyrs not goatmen -- Dr Farnell’s hypothesis -- The bull -- The goat -- Goatskins -- Ancient dress -- Aegis of Zeus and Athena -- Conclusion. Primitive dramas among Asiatic peoples. Hindu drama -- The Ramayana -- Lama plays in Tibet and Mongolia -- Malay dramas -- The dramatic performances of the Veddas of Ceylon -- Survivals of the primitive type in extant Greek tragedies. Aeschylus -- Tombs in Greek tragedies -- Persae -- Choephori -- Supplices -- Ajax -- Anigone -- Oedipus Coloneus -- Euripides -- Helena -- Hecuba -- The Threnos and the Kommos -- Tragedies especially suited for the festivals of heroes -- Hippolytus and Rhesus -- Ghosts -- Darius -- Clytemnestra -- Polydorus -- Achilles -- The appeasing of the ghost -- Libations and sacrifices -- Human victims -- lphigenia in Tauris -- Heracleidae -- Iphigenia at Aulis -- The Hecuba -- Human sacrifices contemporary in Greece -- In Arcadia -- Messenia -- And at Athens herself -- Thermistocles sacrifices Persian youths -- The dream of Pelopidas -- Zeus worship and its influence in stopping human sacrifice -- Graves as Sanctuaries -- The Helena -- The suppliants of Aeschylus -- The Eumenides, etc. -- Courts for trial of bloodshed at Athens -- The expansion of tragedy. Introduction -- Aeschylus uses tragedy for discussion of great social and religious problems -- The Suppliants and the Eumenides -- Descent through women -- Exogamy -- Transition to male succession and endogamy -- Prometheus Vinctus -- The relation of man to God.