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INDEX. 519 Page CYCLIC, subject of and place in the Cyclus. . .• 69 Eugammon of Cyrene, age of — his poem, the Telegonia 70 continuation of the Odyssey ib. other Cyclic poems — The war of the Ar gives against Thebes ib. the Thebais — the Epigoni 71 DAMOPHILA (lvric poetess and friend of Sappho) 180 DEITIES of the Greeks 11 as described by Homer ib. names as used in this work ib.n. character and attributes of in early times 13 how modified in the Homeric description 15 the Chthonian deities 230 the mysteries connected with their worship alone ib. the mysteries of Demeter or Eleusinian mysteries 231 nature of ib. the Orphics or followers of Orpheus. (See Orpheus) ib. DEMETER (Ceres), see 11 n. joint worship of with Dionysus 25 singers and birds ib. her festivals afforded occasions for wan- ton and licentious raillery 132 her mysteries 231 DEUS ex machina, the, (See Euripides) 363 DIALECTS variety of accounted for 7 of the primitive tribes of Greece 7,8 difficulty of forming a correct opinion of 8 divided into two main branches 9 JEolic — including Doric ib. Ionic 10 DIANA (Artemis), see 11 n. DIOGENES (Ionic philosopher), his age and country 248 expanded the doctrines of Anaximenes ib. his philosophy, .and spirit of inquiry . . 249 his language . . ib. DIONYSIUS (historian), uncertainty re- specting 265 DIONYSUS (Bacchus), see 11 n. worship of, conjointly with Demeter . . 25 ditty sung at his festival by the women of Elis *. 192 the Dithyramb, sung at his festivals, (see Dithyramb) 203 worship of Dionysus Zagreus by the Orphics 231 very different from the popular rites of Bacchus 232 nature of the Orphic worship 237 legends of the Orphics respecting Dio- nysus ib. origin of dramatic poetry connected with his worship 287 tin' . 1 a iln sh riii and Agrionia 288 his worship distinguished by enlhvr siasm ib. Page DIONYSIUS, his festivals at Athens celebrated near the shortest day 288 comedy referred to his worship 393 connected with the lesser Dionysia 394 those festivals described ib. the comic choruses especially belonged to them 395 DITHYRAMB, Bacchanalian song 203 perfected by Arion ib. mode of its representation ib. tragic style introduced into it by Arion 204 performed by circular choruses ib. the new form of the Dithyramb 447 introduced by Melanippides ib. its mode of exhibition 450 its metres, &c ib. assumed a mimetic character ib. subjects to which it was applied .... ib. DRAMATIC poetry 285 causes of its rise in Greece ib. represents actions 286 essential difference between epic and dramatic poetry ib. source of the style of dramatic poetry ib. the force with which it developes the events of human life ib. its creation required great boldness of mind 287 great step made by the Greeks ib. reference to the dramatic poetry of the Indians ib. to the mysteries of the middle ages . . ib. its origin connected with the worship of Bacchus ib. and of other deities ib. Eleusinian mysteries probably a mys- tical drama ib. other mimic representations in the wor- ship of Bacchus 288 the Anthesteria, Agrionia, &c ib. the enthusiasm of his worship essential to the drama ib. grotesque and beautiful forms of the subordinates in that worship 289 custom of disguise and wearing masks at ib. direct evidence respecting the origin of the drama ib. tragedy as well as comedy originally a choral song ib. of the class of dithyrambs ib. account by Herodotus of tragic choruses at Sicyon 290 tragedy, its commencement and pro- gress. (See Tragedy of tht Greeks) 291 comedy, its commencement and pro- gress. (See Comedy of the Greeks) 391 general survey of the progress of the drama from JEschylus to Menander 445 ECHEMBROTUS (elegiac poet) 107 ■ (musician) 162 ELEGEION or elegy, Btyle of poetry .. 105 name refers to the form, not the s%d>jcct ib.