# The Attic theatre

Author: Haigh, A. E. (Arthur Elam), 1855-1905; Pickard-Cambridge, Arthur Wallace, Sir, 1873-1952 [Contributor]

Genre: Category: History - Ancient

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76555

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## Summary

The Attic drama, like most ancient forms of art and poetry, was originally the offspring of religious enthusiasm. It was developed out of the songs and dances in honour of Dionysus, the god of wine and vegetation. In course of time, as it assumed a regular dramatic shape, its range of subject was extended far beyond the limits of the Bacchic mythology. Its religious significance was also gradually diminished, and it began to be written more and more from the purely human point of view. But in spite of these changes, its outward connexion with the Bacchic worship was preserved unimpaired throughout the whole period of its history. Dramatic representations at Athens were confined, from firs...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/6/index.md)
- [xi. 465 a (quoted above), quoting Phanodemus, mentions Λιμναῖος as a](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/9/index.md)
- [iv. 97 σκεῦός τι ὑπότροχον ἐκτὸς τῆς σκηνῆς, οὗ στρεφομένου ἐδόκει τὰ](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/2/index.md)
- [iii. 24), which Dörpfeld thinks was such as has been described, was](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/4/index.md)
- [iv. 126 τῶν μέντοι παρόδων ἡ μὲν δεξιὰ ἀγρόθεν ἢ ἐκ λιμένος ἢ ἐκ πόλεως](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-attic-theatre-76555/chapters/10/index.md)