Academy, in Athens: 111

Acheron: 116

Achilles: 168

Adonia: 133–137, 146

Adonis: 134–137

Agamemnon: 90, 103³⁸, 168, 183

Agathon: 37²², 59, 104–105

Agido: 51

agon
as structural part of a play: 13⁶, 23, 128, 157
see also contest and dramatic competition

agora: 40, 54, 99–100, 106, 143, 184

Agrai: 117⁸²

Agyieus: 56, 95–96

Aiora: 140

aischrology: 15, 28³⁷, 30⁴⁷

Aither: 45

Akropolis: 12, 90–91, 94, 102, 106–110, 119–121, 133–134, 160, 169, 178⁶¹

Aletis: 140

alienation: 29–30

Alkibiades: 136, 140⁴²

altar: 12, 23, 54, 67, 89, 95–105, 112, 120, 151,159–160, 162, 165, 167²⁹, 169–170, 172^45,46,
and the theatrical space: 91–92, 95
as a stage prop: 91, 94–97, 100, 121, 155,
in paratragic scenes: 95–96, 101– 181–185
physical contact with: 102
see also Agyieus and thymele

amoibaion: 59

Amphiareion: 114

anapaests: 53, 114

Anaphlystos, deme of Attica: 108

anarrhysis: 138

antepirrhema: 48

Anthesteria: 72–73, 101–102, 117, 123–124, 126–128, 133, 139

aparchai: 161

Apatouria: 138–139, 147

Aphrodite: 54, 107–108, 134, 137, 163, 172–173

Apollo: 41, 45, 48–50, 56, 68, 71, 76, 79, 96, 110, 114–115, 120⁹⁴, 169, 178–180
see also Agyieus

apostrophe: 92–94, 97–99, 120^{94, 95}, 121, 139

apotheosis: 23

archon: 42, 101, 134, 142, 147

Ares: 54, 60

Argos: 90, 120–121

arrival
motif in poetry: 52, 99, 113–115, 120–121
of characters in drama: 23, 68–69, 92, 104, 110, 113–114, 117–120

Artemis: 14¹⁴, 45, 50, 114
of Ephesos: 64¹¹⁵, 112

Asklepios: 69, 92
Mounichios: 111
temple of: 92, 111, 119–121

Assembly, Athenian: 17, 19, 27, 53, 57, 59, 82, 85, 106, 127, 131, 135–136, 142
of women: 57, 62, 104–107, 124⁷, 131

associations, religious: 111, 140⁴⁵, 149

astronomy: 142⁵⁴, 148–150

Athena: 16, 41, 45–46, 114, 129, 134, 151
her sanctuary in Akropolis: 107–108, 121, 175
Polias: 108, 134
Nike: 108⁴⁸

Athens: 14¹⁷, 15–16, 70, 76¹⁶⁰, 81–82, 91–94, 100, 105–111, 114–121, 128¹³, 136–138, 142–155, 169, 178⁶¹, 186–190
street of tripods: 42–43

Attica: 14¹⁷, 80¹⁶⁸, 92–94, 105–106, 109–112, 114, 118, 120–121, 140⁴¹, 141⁴⁹, 163

audience: 11–14, 16–19, 22, 25, 27–32, 35, 37–38, 40, 42–44, 50, 53, 57, 59, 61, 67, 69–71, 78, 84–87, 91–92, 95, 98, 100–101, 103–104, 108, 112–113, 117–121, 127–137, 141, 145, 148, 155, 158–160, 162, 165–171, 175, 178, 181, 184, 187–190

aulos: 60, 65–68, 72–73, 149

authenticity: 38, 41, 57, 74, 77–82, 85–86, 177⁵⁸, 178⁶², 187–189, 190

authority: 16, 30–31, 42–44, 50, 59, 74–79, 82, 86, 159, 168–169, 186–188

axenia: 14, see also xenos

Babylon: 177

Bakis: 75, 78–80, 83, 98

barbarian: see foreign

basket-bearer: 114, 161, 165

Basileia: 138, 178

Basilinna: 101, 133–134

basket, sacrificial: 54, 57, 101, 161–162, 181

Bendis: 95, 136

birds: 45–47, 57, 62, 68, 70–71, 73, 100, 151, 163, 168, 176–178

blood: 54, 64, 85, 95, 101–103, 176, 181–186

boar: 74, 102³⁷, 134

Boiotia: 112–114, 176

boule: 116, 131, 138, 142, 168

Bouleuterion: 107

Bouzygai: 136

Brauron: 116

bull: 13¹⁰, 74, 112, 162–163, 165²¹, 174

calendar
and legal issues: 143–145
and seasonal cycle: 151–154
of rituals: 16, 89–90, 137–138, 143–150, 163, 175
types of: 140–143

Cambridge ritual school: 13–14, 22–26, 33, 35, 41, 50, 157, 188

cave: 89, 108–109, 114⁶⁸

Chairephon: 185

Chairis: 60

Chalkis: 82

Chios: 75–76

Cholargos: 106

chopping block: 96, 103, 183–184

choral song: see hymns

Christianity: 16, 26, 59¹⁰⁶, 64, 87¹⁸³, 95²⁰, 175–176

Cloud-Goddesses: 45, 93, 109, 149–150, 175⁵⁰

colonisation: 73–77, 82, 100, 188

commentary, ancient: 28, 48–49, see also scholia

communication in ritual: 18, 58–61, 63, 68, 173, 180
with gods: 18–19, 43, 73, 76, 86, 158, 171, 187

consecration rites: 95–97, 168–169, see also hidrysis

contest: 73, 165
athletic: 52, 139
dithyrambic: 40³¹
of oracles: 76–78, 85–86
choral: 36, 51⁸⁶, 115, 139
between Euripides and Aischylos: 97, 169
see also agon

cook: 166, 170³⁶, 184

costume in comedy: 14–15, 123, 141

Council, Athenian: see boule

curse: 34, 57–58, 60, 62–63, 83, 111, 135, 170

Cyprus: 107–108

Danaids: 102

dance: 19, 23, 25, 36, 39–41, 45–46, 48, 50–51, 58, 65–66, 70, 92–93, 105, 114, 116–118, 123–124, 129–130, 132, 155, 159

Lydian: 112⁶⁰

deconstruction: 23⁹, 29–30

deixis: 36, 49–51, 63, 90–91, 93, 98, 118, 128, 130, 132, 155

Delia: 115

Delian Maidens: 39, 114–115

Delos: 15¹⁹, 39, 76¹⁶⁰, 114–115

Delphi: 99, 110, 119–120, 176

demes of Attica: 12, 92, 119, 125, 127¹², 143, 161, 167

Demeter: 14–15, 50, 68, 105, 117⁸², 124⁸, 129, 131, 140, 160, 163
Chloë: 107–109, 151⁸¹, 160

Demostratos: 135–136

Desire: 53–54, 151

didaskaloi: 48

Dion: 92

Dionysia
Great (City): 12, 14–16, 40, 48, 91, 123, 131, 137, 147
Rural (Country): 118, 124–128, 160–161

Dionysos: 11–17, 41, 76¹⁶⁰, 105, 118, 123–125, 149, 164, 167–169, 175–176
as character in drama: 11, 13⁶, 72–73, 97, 116–118, 129–130, 169
cult of: 12–13, 15, 24, 28, 35, 38, 51, 91–92, 95, 101, 121, 123, 133–134, 151
festivals of: 12, 21, 24, 39–40, 44, 63, 72, 90, 117, 126–128, 137, 139, 155, 157, 160–161, 167–168, 187–188
Eleutheros: 12, 14¹⁷
Iakchos: 50, 117
iconography: 14, 51
Lenaios: 12, see also Lenaia
in myth: 14–16
patron of theatre: 13–14, 40, 46, 50, 188
Phales: 23, 124⁸, 125–126, 139
sanctuary of: 12, 73, 90–92, 95²⁰, 101, 117, 139
theatre in Athens: 12, 18, 27–28, 38, 91–92, 95, 108, 117⁸²
see also procession and priest

Diopeithes: 79, 82

Dipolieia: 146

dithyramb: 23, 37^18,22, 40³¹, 47, 51, 139

divination: 71, 73, 76, 80¹⁶⁶, 85–86, see also soothsayers

donkey: 71

Dorpia: 124⁴, 139, 147⁷¹

dramatic competition: 17, 31, 40–46, 50, 52, 87, 92, 112, 131, 171, 187–189

dromena: 26²⁶
and legomena: 33–34

eagle: 74, 84–85

earth/Earth: 70–71, 93, 98, 121⁹⁶, 153, 163, 180, 182

ecstatic rites: 13, 135–137

Edda: 86¹⁸¹

Egypt: 104, 150–155

Eirene: see Peace

Eleusinian Mysteries: 15, 50–51, 93, 96–97, 102³⁷, 117–118, 124⁴, 129–130, 137, 146–147

Eleusinion in the City: 106–107

Eleusis: 50, 93, 106, 114⁷⁰, 117–118, 143
Sacred Way to: 93, 114

Elysian fields: 116

emotions: 18, 31, 64–69, 87, 112, 123, 127, 137, 167, 173, 180, 186–187, 189

Empedokles: 99²³

Enyalios: 53–54, 63¹¹³

epic poetry: 37–38, 64¹¹⁹, 73¹⁴⁷, 75, 85, 151, 168, 172, 176–180

Epidauros: 92

epinikia: 42, 52

epirrhema: 44, 48, 50

Erchia calendar: 109, 143

Erigone: 140⁴¹

Erinyes: 39

Euboia: 94¹⁴

euphemia: 52⁸⁹, 53, 56–57, 59, 62, 69, 78, 124, 129, 159, 161

exegesis: 73–77, 82–85

exegetes: 82

exodos: 23, 112–113

extrametrical lines: 34, 53, 57

fasting, ritual: 50, 131–133

feast: 23, 40, 42–43, 111, 123², 127, 157–159, 166, 186
for gods: 65, 145, 171–172

festivals: 19, 69, 72, 89, 95, 114–116, 118, 167, 174
activities during: 126–127
calendar of: 125, 132–133, 142, 146–154, 175
as context of drama: 11–13, 16, 21, 24–25, 30–31, 40–41, 44, 46, 48–52, 123, 171, 189
as context of choral songs: 36, 43, 52
as theme in comedy: 123–141
female: 133–134
see also Dionysos

fictionality: 11, 13–14, 17, 19, 21–22, 27–32, 39, 42, 44–47, 50, 53, 87, 90, 92, 94–96, 121, 127–130, 155, 163, 187–188

fire: 56, 61, 97, 130, 165, 169

foreign cults: 112⁶⁰, 133, 136–137, 150–155

foreign customs: 76, 104, 121

foreigners: 101³², 115, 120, 129, 146

foundation of a city: 73–77, 82, 98, 169, 176, 188, see also oracles and colonisation

Ge: see Earth

Genesius: 87¹⁸³

Genetyllis: 108, 133

gephyrismos: see aichrology

gerarai: see priestesses

goat: 24, 163

gods
invocation of: 19, 34–38, 41–50, 56–58, 60–67, 70, 72–73, 94, 96, 105, 112–113, 117, 120–121, 140, 162, 169, see also communication
messages from: 73–77, 82, 86, see also oracles
new: 97–98, 109, 149–155, 159–161, 169, 176–178
offering to: 21, 35, 40, 55, 149, 158, 165, 167–171, 189–190
presence of: 57, 65, 89, 91, 107, 132
taking part in ritual: 19, 58, 68, 118
their dependency on human ritual: 144–146, 164–167, 171–175, 180, 186
twelve: 100, 154–155
underground: 185
worship of: 13, 18, 27, 39, 50, 52, 65, 92, 121, 128, 145–147, 150, 155

Golden Age: 153, see also utopian motifs

Graces: 54, 70–71, 140, 151

grain: 31, 54, 59, 98, 153⁸⁹, 161–165

gymnasium: 111

Halimous, deme of Attica: 106, 108

healing: 29, 68–69, 111, 119

Helen: 103–104, 178

Helios: see sun

Hera: 105

Herakles: 111, 116–117, 139, 163, 178
temple of: 149

Hermes: 53–54, 59–60, 62, 105, 115, 140, 145–146, 154⁹², 168–169, 174–175

Hestia: 57, 62, 160

hexameters: 73–74

hidrysis: 97, 119–121, 162–163, 168–169, 175

Hierokles: 75–76, 79, 81–84, 98, 100, 165, 168

Hittite ritual: 59¹⁰⁶, 65

Horai: see Seasons

Hymettos: 109

hymns
as part of ritual sequence: 56–57, 60–61, 97, 117–118, 125, 129, 161–162, 165, 189
classification: 36–39
Homeric: 48–49
language of: 38, 67–68, 72, 93–94, 112
openings: 34
processional: 60, 65, 67, 115⁷⁵, 161–162
refrain: 65–66, 72, 117
ritual and social function: 35–36
ritualization through: 52
see also parabatic hymns and lyric poetry

Hyperboreans: 115

Iakchos: 50, 117, 124⁸, 129–130, see also Dionysos

iambography: 29⁴¹

Ilissos: 110, 117⁸²

incense: 56, 61, 96–97, 169, 174

incubation: 120

Indo-European tradition: 36¹⁷, 59¹⁰⁶, 86

initiates: 45, 50, 93, 97, 102³⁷, 109, 114, 116–118, 124⁴, 129–130, 149

initiation 24, 36¹⁶, 109

Iris: 179, 184–185

Isthmian games: 113, 116

Kadmos: 75

kalasiris: 115

Kalchas: 85

Kalligeneia: 140

Kardamyle 76¹⁶⁰

Karkinos: 43

katabasis: see underworld

Kekrops: 93–94, 120

Kerkyon: 114⁷⁰

khoregos: 40, 42–43, 171

khoreia: 35, 38–47, 52, see also hymns and meta-chorality

khoreutai: 35–36, 39–40, 45

khoros
as assembly of worshippers: 59–63
in satyr play: 14–15
function in comedy: 39
leader of: 59
as cult personnel: 73
identity: 15, 44–47, 49, 187
social function of: 36
tragic: 37^{20, 21}, 39, 51, 114

Klaros: 85

Klepsydra: 108

knife: 54, 161¹⁴, 165, 183–184

Kolias: 108, 133

Kolonos: 148

komos: see procession

Kore: 50, 105, 117⁸², 129, 131, 160

Korinthians: 83

Kos: 92

Kotyto: 136

Kroisos: 80¹⁷⁰

Kronos: 90

Kybele: 46, 137

Kynosarges: 111, 117⁸²

Kythera: 107–108

Lakonia: 114

Lampon: 82

lamps: 114, 120, 172–173

laughter: 11, 15, 38–39, 51⁸², 96, 137, 145

law court: 53, 59, 69, 94, 131, 144⁶⁴, 169

Lenaia: 12, 14, 48, 117⁸³, 123, 127–128, 137

Leotrophides: 164, 175

Leto: 114

libation: 11, 18–19, 53–58, 60–63, 66, 70, 95–96, 101, 117, 124–127, 133, 135³⁰, 145, 151, 155, 158–159, 165, 167–169, 189

Limnai: 101, 117, 139

Linear B: 142⁵¹

lustral water: 54, 57, 161–162, 165, 181

Lykos: 94, 97

Lykourgos: 115

lyric poetry: 30, 36–38, 47–49, 55, 59, 66, 93–94, 99, 184

Lysimache: 108, 134

Macedon: 13⁶

maenads: 13⁶, 16, 51

magic: 24, 65, 72, 143

mantis: 81–82, 85, see also soothsayers

Marathon: 80, 142, 163

Mardonios: 80

marriage: 23, 73, 102, 168

mask: 14–15

meat, sacrificial: 69–70, 98, 157–158, 160–162, 164–167, 170–172, 175–176, 186, 189
portions of: 176

Melanthios: 43, 54–55, 184

Melite, deme in Attica: 105, 111

Memnon: 145, 147

Mesopotamian gods: 171

Messena: 92

meta-chorality: 38, 43, 47–49

meta-theatre: 21, 29, 31, 45, 59, 70, 87, 90, 98, 127–128, 130, 133, 136³³, 137, 155, 165, 171

metaphor: 13, 71, 73–74, 76¹⁶⁴, 83, 85–86, 96, 101–103, 106, 118, 133–134, 137, 147–148, 153⁹¹, 171, 181–182, 184–186

Meton: 98–100, 148

mimesis: 13, 15²³, 19, 21, 28, 73, 90–91, 116, 121, 183, 189

moon/Moon: 140–151, 153–154, 175⁵⁰

Mopsos: 85

Morsimos: 43

Muse: 40–41, 44–47, 70–71, 97, 149

music: 19, 29, 36, 38, 45–46, 52, 65–66, 68, 133, 137

mutilation of herms: 81¹⁷²

myrrh: 134

mysteries: 96, 101, 109, 118, 124⁷, 129–130, 132, 146
Lesser: 117
see also Eleusinian Mysteries

myth
connection with ritual: 22, 26–27, 33, 89–90
in comic plots: 26
mythical narrative in hymns: 35–36, 52

New Comedy: 124, 137, 166, 170³⁶

night celebrations: 63, 123–125, 129–130, 138, 152

Nike: 45–46, 108⁴⁸

Nikias: 84, 115

nostoi: 119

noumenia: 126, 140–141, 144–145, 147–148

nymphs: 78, 152

oath: 34, 55, 101–102, 124, 133–134, 164, 169, 182

obscenity: see aischrology

Odysseus: 185

Oe: 106

oikos: 17–18, 118–119, 121, 125, 161, 167, 169, 174–175

Oinomaos Painter: 141

Oinopion: 75–76¹⁶⁰

Okeanos: 93

Olympias: 138

onomatopoeia: 46, 68, 72–73

Opora: 138, 168

oracles: 34, 73–87, 112–114, 119, 165–166, 168,
foundation: 75–76, 188, see also foundation of a city
obscurity of: 76
transmission of: 78–79
manipulation of: 79–80
see also soothsayers

oracular poetry: 74, 86, 190

orchestra: 87, 90–93, 95, 97–98, 103–104, 113, 116–117, 119, 121, 161, 165

Orestes: 103

origins of drama: 13–15, 18, 22–26, 41, 188

Oropos: 114

Orpheus: 99²³

paian: 39, 51, 59–60, 63–70, 72, 87, 115⁷⁵, 120, 128

Paidia: 51

Pan: 46, 50, 105, 108, 133, 136

Panathenaia: 63, 124⁶, 137, 146–147, 151

Pandaisia: 138

Pandora: 151⁸⁴

parabasis: 23, 31, 48, 50, 52, 71, 127, 133²⁰, 135³¹, 144–149, 175–177, 187

parabatic hymns: 31, 35, 40–50, 68, 70, 87

parasitoi: 166–167

Paris: 177

parodos: 12, 28³⁷, 50, 92–94, 112, 114, 117, 129–130, 149, 152

parody: 28–29, 37–38, 67, 72, 75–76, 99, 101–103, 133, 151⁸⁵, 153⁹¹, 177, 185

partheneion: 51

pathos: 23, 157

Pathos: 107–108

Pauson: 133

Peace, goddess: 53–54, 58, 62, 70, 138, 146, 151, 162, 165, 168, 184

peace treaty: 55, 125–126, 135³⁰, 138, 151, 167–168

Peisandros: 185

peplos: 115, 124⁶, 151

performance theory: 24–25, 27³⁴

Pergamon: 92

Perikles: 82, 136, 153⁹¹

Persephone: see Kore

Persia: 75–76, 80

personification: 51, 115, 126, 138–141, 147⁷², 150–155, 172

phallos: 15, 23, 83, 123, 161, 163

philosophers: 148, 171

phratries: 139

pig: 160, 162–164

pilgrimage: see theoria

Piraeus: 91, 105–106, 110–111, 120, 140⁴², 177⁵⁷

Pithos: 106

Phrynichos: 43

Plataea: 80

Plynteria: 140⁴²

Pnyx: 106, 118, 148⁷³, 188

polis religion: 16–17, 30–31, 45, 50, 92, 121, 167, 170, 187–189

politics: 74, 76–77, 79–80, 86, 130, 135–136, 142, 153, 168–171

Poseidon: 41, 45, 46⁶⁰, 110, 114, 163, 169–171, 178–180, 188

Pothos: see Desire

prayers
as part of ritual sequence: 33–34, 52–58, 94–97, 105, 161–162, 165, 168–169, 184
correctness of: 58–59, 69
dialogic structure of: 59, 61
for victory: 41, 44, 50
in prose: 57, see also extrametrical lines
verb ‘to pray’: 61–63

priest: 57, 59, 61, 136, 158, 162, 166–167, 184
of Dionysos: 12, 95, 127

priestess: 101, 133–134, 183

procession: 68, 112–115, 121, 138, 149, 151, 155
at the Dionysia: 15, 40, 43, 91, 123
revel: 23, 112, 133
wedding: 23, 112
sacrificial: 57, 96, 103, 118, 160–161, 167
Eleusinian: 117, 129, 149
Panathenaian: 124⁶

prologue: 104, 119, 140

Prometheus: 66¹³⁵, 176, 180, 185

prorrhesis: 129

proskynesis: 121

prosodia: see processional hymns

Proteus: 103–104

Proxenides: 177

prytaneion: 24

Pyanopsia: 151

Pythais: 110, 138, see also theoria

Pythia: 76¹⁶⁴, 82

Pythion, sanctuary: 110

Pythopolis: 75¹⁶⁰

reciprocity: 19, 86¹⁸², 158–159, 171–172, 176, 180, 186

representation: 21, 28, 30–31, 37²², 52–53, 68, 90, 95, 112–113, 121, 137, 158–159, 166, 171, 181, 186–190

Rhamnous: 12, 92

Rigveda: 86¹⁸¹

ritual
function in society: 18–19
definition: 21
ritual speech: 33–34
efficacy of: 54–55, 57–58, 87, 163
meta-ritual: 60–61
ritual purity: 108

ritualisation: 30–32, 40, 42–43, 46, 52, 78, 91, 95, 97, 121, 155, 189–190

Russian formalism: 29–30

Sabazios: 135, 137, 152

sacred law: 82, 158

sacred space: 89–90, 97–98, 104–105, 107–109, 121, 132–133

sacrifice
accompanied with speech: 33–35, 44, 52–54, 58, 60–63, 66–67
as origins of drama: 23–25
at the Dionysia: 12
in tragedy 54–55
pre-battle: 169
preparations for: 57, 189
sacrificial meal: 26²⁹, 42–43, 57, 65, 123², 157, see also meat
slaughter: 54–55, 62, 64, 101, 103, 138³⁸, 157, 160, 163, 165, 171, 181–186, see also sparagmos
victim: 23, 54, 57, 67, 102, 105, 138³⁸, 158–165, 174, 182, 184
vocabulary of: 55, 60–61, 101, 181–182
see also procession

Sarpedon: 145, 147

satire: 29, 135–136

satyr drama: 11, 14, 23

satyrs: 14–16, 51, 114, 123

scatology: 55, 71–72

scholia: 67, 134, 136, 140, 177⁵⁶, 178⁶¹

scolia: 37¹⁹

seasons/Seasons: 54, 132–133, 142, 149–154

secular: 18³⁴, 30⁴⁷, 36–37, 41, 86¹⁸², 92

self-referentiality: 29, 34⁶, 35, 38–39, 43, 46–47, 49, 51, 59–60, 63, 67–68, 130

Selene: see Moon

sex: 81–83, 94¹⁴, 101–102, 107–108, 116, 126, 128, 133–134, 137–139, 172–173

Shakespeare: 21

sheep: 54, 60, 76, 83–84, 162–165, 184–185

shield: 96, 101–103, 125–126, 128

ship: 112, 124⁶

shouts, ritual: 31, 34, 59–60, 63–73, 78, 87, 112, 128, 135, 137, 162
Pythian shout: 66–68, 78

Sibylla: 79, 98

Sicilian expedition: 81¹⁷², 135–136

skene: 96

Skira: 133

slaves: 54–55, 57, 60, 62, 84, 96, 97–98, 110, 116, 121, 125–126, 139, 161–162, 165, 184

smoke: 70, 171–173, 176⁵⁴, 179, 185

Sokrates: 55⁹⁵, 94¹⁴, 109, 144, 148–150, 185

Solon: 142–144, 147, 150

soothsayers: 74–75, 77–83, 98, 165–168

sophists: 144, 148–150

Sounion: 110–111

sparagmos: 23, 157

Sparta: 94¹⁴, 110–111, 140, 142

spectators: see audience

speech act theory: 33, 61, 64, 132

sphagia: 182, 186

spontaneity: 55, 71, 167–170, 190

spring: 90⁶, 95, 149, 153,

staging: 21, 90, 93, 98, 102–103, 107, 117–118

stasimon: 39

stibadeion: 12⁵

sun: 45, 120, 142, 145–146, 148, 151, 153–154

supplication: 23, 34, 104, 110

tail, of sacrificial animal: 164–165, 176

Tainaria: 114

Teithras: 143

Telephos: 103, 183

temple: 89, 101³², 104–107, 109–112, 117⁸², 199–121, 139, 149, 154–155, 175, 188

terminology: 28–30, 35⁸, 36¹³, 38, 47, 49⁷⁴, 169
of dance: 51
of prayers: 61–63
of shouts: 65–66
of soothsayers: 82
of calendar: 145
of sacrifices: 55, 160, 164–165, 173⁴⁹, 181–184

Terpsichore: 45

testicles, of sacrificial animal: 101³³, 163–164

Tetrapolis: 143

Thamyris: 99²³

Thargelia: 110, 151

Theagenes: 162–163

Thebes: 13⁶

Themis: 151

Themistokles: 80

Theogenes: 177

theoria: 40, 52, 93, 113–116, 138–139, 141, 155, 168

theoxenia: 172^{44, 48}

Thermopylai: 123

Theseion: 110

Theseus: 75¹⁶⁰, 110, 114⁷⁰

Thesmopohoria: 15, 39, 50, 104–107, 124, 131–133, 140

Thesmophorion, sanctuary: 104–107, 188

Thesmophoroi, goddesses: 104–105, 140

Thorikos: 12, 91⁹, 92, 95²⁰, 143, 163

Thoumantis: 164, 175

Thurii: 82

thymele: 103

thysia: 172^44–45, 182

Tieck, Ludwig Puss in Boots: 21, 29

tomb: 96, 103–104

tongue: 166

torch race: 23

torches: 105–106, 129–130

tothasmos: see aischrology

tragedy
and Dionysos: 13
choral song in: 35, 37–40, 47, 51, 66, 114
difference with comedy: 11, 31, 52⁸⁹, 112, 123, 171, 188, 190
function in society: 16–17
in comedy, parody of: 28, 54–55, 66–67, 95–96, 101–105, 119–121, 151⁸⁵, 179, 181–186
mechane: 184
origins of: 23–24
ritualist interpretation of: 13, 22–25, 157
tragic trilogy: 14¹⁶

Trojan myth: 90, 177–179

Trophonios: 109, 112–114

underworld: 90
journey to: 112, 114, 116–118, 129

utopian motifs: 100, 111⁵⁸, 119, 127, 129, 153, 167

viscera: 59, 73, 98, 165–166, 171⁴⁴

votive offerings: 170

war: 45–46, 63¹¹³, 65, 73–74, 84, 102, 107, 125–128, 134, 136, 168, 178, 180, 182

wine: 13, 55–56, 66, 84, 102, 126–127, 134²⁷, 135³⁰, 138, 140, 150, 167, 174, 182–183

winter: 23, 127–128, 152–153

wolf: 76, 83–84, 94¹⁶

wreaths: 54, 56–57, 96, 109, 128, 149, 161, 165

xenos: 14¹⁷, 24, see also axenia

Zakynthos: 135

Zarathushtra: 86¹⁸¹

Zeus: 16, 23, 45, 46⁶⁰, 58, 72, 79, 83, 95, 108, 115, 120⁹⁴, 146, 153, 163, 172⁴⁶, 173–175, 179–180
Epakrios: 109
Olympian: 110