CONTENTS

CHAP.

PAGE

I

ART AND RITUAL

9

II

PRIMITIVE RITUAL: PANTOMIMIC DANCES

29

III

PERIODIC CEREMONIES: THE SPRING FESTIVAL

49

IV

THE PRIMITIVE SPRING DANCE OR DITHYRAMB, IN GREECE

75

V

THE TRANSITION FROM RITUAL TO ART: THE DROMENON AND THE DRAMA

119

VI

GREEK SCULPTURE: THE PANATHENAIC FRIEZE AND THE APOLLO BELVEDERE

170

VII

RITUAL, ART AND LIFE

204

BIBLIOGRAPHY

253

INDEX

255