INDEX

[Not including the Bibliography.]

Abdêra,144 Achílles,177 ff. Acts, book of,21 Actaêon,66 Aêschylus,11, 25, 58, 59, 67, 70, 121, 135, 182 ff., 186, 206, 234 Agamémnon,153, 207 Chöêphori,153 Euménides,183, 234 Lycurgeîa,66, 182 f., 186 Pérsae,43, 104 Promêtheus,66, 206, 238 Seven,43 Suppliants,121 Agamémnon,133, 175-179, 206 Ágathon,170 Ágôn (Contest),64 Áîtion (mythical cause),66 Alcibîades (ĭ in Greek),110-114 Álcman,106 Altar, in tragedy,210 f. Anaxágoras,30, 51 f., 58, 116 Anaximánder,63 Apóllo,36, 121-126 Archelâüs (like "slay us"): (1) philosopher,56; (2) King of Macedon,169 Archer, W.,221 Architecture of plays,209 ff., 215 Árete (virtue),38, 41, 50 Argos,112 Aristîdes,43, 47, 49 Aristóphanes,25, 30 f., 74 Acharnians,26, 77 Birds,143 Frogs,25, 26, 114, 120, 172, 191, 192 Knights,27, 46, 112 Women at the Thesmophória,25, 27 Áristotle,10, 20, 129, 244, 245 Athêna,42, 131 Athens, after Persian War,37 ff., 39-42, 45, 110; ideals of,39-42, 109, 115; changes in,107-115; and Euripides,30-34, 89, 99, 119, 166 ff.; constitution of,97 f. Atmosphere of play,210 f. Augustine,141 Biography,21; of Euripides,23 Blood-feud,152, 153 Browning, R.,9 Cephîsophon,29, 167 Chárites (Graces),105 Chervil,26 Chorus,83, 228-242; in dialogue, 237 f. Clarity in style,13 Classicism,199 Cleon,58, 109 f., 118 Clytemnéstra,152-157, 175-180, 206 Coleridge,204 Comedy. See Aristophanes, New Comedy Convention in art,201 ff.; as opposed to nature,53 f. Conversion,141 Cornford, F. M.,64, 232, 234 Dance,62, 229 f. Dêmokêdes,49, 194 f. Democracy,38 ff., 116 Deus ex mâchinâ (appearance of a God from a stage machine),64, 156 f., 160-164, 221-227. See Epiphany Dickens, 33 Diógenes of Apollonia,56 Dionŷsus,64 f.; his ritual,64 f.; festival,68; in Bacchae,188 Drama, Greek. See Tragedy mediaeval liturgical,62, 65; Elizabethan,60, 235 Elizabethans,60, 235 Elmsley,9 Empire, Athenian,108-110 "Enlightenment," 48, 96, 116. See Ideas Ephêbi,43 Epicûrus,20 Epiphany,64, 156 f., 160-164. See Deus ex Mâchinâ Eurípides: birth,22, 35; death,171 f.; biography,23 ff.; portrait,28; father,35; mother,26 f., 35; books,28, 103; cave at Salamis,29, 165; ideas,7, 99; teachers,50-59; as playwright,7, 10, 85; mysticism,8, 163; attitude to Religion,190-194; influence after death,10 ff.; relation to Athens,30 f., 89, 99, 119 ff., 126, 166 ff.; and Comedy,30; attitude to women,28, 32 ff., 84 ff., 121-126; style,237 f.; technique,125, 198 ff.; battle pieces,104 Euripides' Ode on Alcibiades,113 Epitaph on those slain in Sicily,144 Aêgeus,98 Aêolus,78 Alcéstis,70, 72 f., 88 Alcmaêon in Corinth,173 Alcmaêon in Psophis,71, 73 f. Alexánder,137-139 Álope,121 Andrómache (like "from a key"),98, 112, 163, 210, 224 Andrómeda,143-145 Antîope (ĭ in Greek),239 Aûge,121 Bacchae,9, 19, 173, 181-190, 195 ff. Bellerophóntes,101, 190 Children of Héracles,93 f., 98, 210 Cretans,79 Cretan Women,71, 77 Cŷclops,70 Danaë,121 Daughters of Pélias,69 f., 81 Eléctra,138, 152-157, 195, 219 f., 224, 240 Eréchtheus,98 Hécuba,89-90, 143, 163, 187, 229 Hélena,142, 146-148, 163, 192 Héracles,99-105, 191, 197, 210, 234, 239 Hippólytus,85-88, 163, 191 ff., 210, 213 f., 217-219, 224, 236, 238 Îon,79, 119-126, 192, 199 Îphigenîa in Aulis,173-181, 191 Îphigenîa in Tauris,101, 142, 145-146, 163, 210, 229, 234, 238 Medêa,32, 81-86, 90, 143, 163, 187, 192, 206, 229, 240-242 Melaníppe,27, 121 Oréstes,158-163, 168, 191, 195, 229 Palamêdes,137, 139 f. Phoeníssae,148-152, 163 Rhêsus,44, 71, 224 Suppliant Women,94-98, 111, 210, 234 Têlephus,72, 74 ff. Thêseus,92 Trojan Women,130-137, 140 ff., 191, 210, 234, 236. Forgiveness, doctrine of,162-164 Frazer, J. G.,64 Freedom of Thought,58, 96 French Revolution,118 Gellius,25 Glover,141 Gods,191-192; on stage,156 f. See Deus ex Mâchinâ Goethe,10, 245 Graces, The,105 Grenfell,24 Haigh,232 Hardy, T.,234 Harrison, J. E.,64, 222 Hecataêus,49 Helen,162 Hellenism,39 Héracles, Children of,41. See under Euripides Heraclîtus,63 Herd, The,193 f., 196 Heroes,65 f. Heródotus,20, 39-42, 53 f., 107 Hêsiod,47 Hippócrates,21 Historical Spirit,199 f. Homer,36, 131, 229 Horace,222 Hubris,63, 128 Hunt,24 Hygiaînon,167 Hypérbolus,110 f. Ibsen,9, 33, 206 Ideas,45 f., 116 Immortality,36 Initiations,36 Innocents, Massacre of,65 Iônia,45 ff., 49, 51 Jâson,82-85, 206 Johnson, S.,211 Law,39 ff. Leicester, Earl of,60 Lincoln, Abraham,231 Macaulay,9 Macedonia,169-173 Magnêsia,169 Mary Magdalen,65 Masks,75 Mediaeval Drama,62, 65 Mégara,44 Melian Dialogue,127-130 Mêlos,127-132, 194 Memory,106 f., 242 Menánder. See New Comedy Menelâüs ("slay us"),113, 158 ff., 176 f., 206 Meredith, G.,103, 203 Messenger,214-220 Milêtus, Fall of,66 Military Service,43, 101 f., 105 Miltîades (ĭ in Greek),43, 49 Milton,9, 208 Mnesílochus,29 Muses,34, 105 Mysteries,36 Mystery Plays,62, 65, 185 Mysticism,8, 163 Nature, opposed to Convention,53 f. Nelson, Horatio,231 Neîrekepta,230 Nestlé,8 New Comedy,173 f., 201 f. "Nómos." See Convention Norwood, G.,8 Old Age,166 Old Year,63 f. Olympic Games,113 Oréstes,66, 153 ff. See under Euripides Parian Marble,22 Paris, Gaston,61 Pasíphaë,79 Patriotism,98. See Plays, patriotic Paul,141 Peasants, Greek,46 f., 117 Peloponnêsian War,91, 94, 107-110 Péntheus,66, 181 ff. Péricles,43, 52, 58, 91, 108 f. Persians,37 Persian War,37, 48 Phaêdra,86-88, 213 f. Philóchorus,24 ff., 27 Philodêmus,168 Phlŷa,35 f., 46 Phrŷnichus,42 Phûsis (ŭ in Greek). See Nature Pindar,48, 121, 140 Plato,15, 29, 32, 50, 140 Plays. See under Authors: Euripides', patriotic,91 f., 98; early,70-73; after 415,142 ff. Plûtarch,113 Poets, ancient and modern,102 f. Polygnôtus,42, 44 Porson,9 Preparation,216-221 Pródicus,56 Prologues,207-212 Promêtheus,206. See Aeschylus Protágoras,30, 54-56 Pythágoras,49 Realism,19, 76, 174, 224; aversion from,103 f. Religion,190-194 Resurrection,35, 64, 181, 190 f. Rhyme,203 Ridgeway,65 Ritual in tragedy,62-67, 174, 202; forms,64, 181 Romance,73 f., 142-146, 205 Russell, B.,243 Salamis,29, 37, 165; battle of,22, 66 Sátyrus,23 ff., 31 Sátyr-plays,67 f. Scott, W.,33 Sex questions,78 f., 121 Shakespeare,60, 208 f., 243 Shaw, G. B.,206 Shelley,9, 18, 95, 234 Sicilian Expedition,130, 170, 194 Sicily,130, 170 Simônides,144 Sincerity of Greek Tragedy,204 Slavery,137-139, 175-178, 123-125 Sócrates,29, 56 Sophists,45 f., 50-59, 116 Sóphia (Wisdom),38, 50, 92, 109, 194 Sóphocles,9, 11, 34, 172, 206 Ajax,66 Antígone,34, 70, 206 Eléctra,153, 156, 207 Oêdipus Tyránnus,34, 216, 236 Philoctêtes,76 Sparta,38 Speeches in tragedy,212 Steiger,9 Stesíchorus,147 "Súnesis," 191 Superstition,43 f., 116-119, 224 f. Swinburne,18, 185, 203 Sympathy, shift of,187 f. Tácitus,21 Tennyson,103 Thebes,42, 149 Themístocles,37, 41 ff., 49, 169 Theophany. See Deus ex Mâchinâ Thêseus,43, 95; sons of,89; in Hippolytus,87 Thesmophória. See Aristophanes Thracians,44 Thucydides,107-110, 127-130, 170 Timótheus,30, 170 Tolstoy,168 Tradition,14; of fifth century,15; in tragedy,62-67, 174, 183; in art,17 Tragedy, origin,64 f.; ritual in, see Ritual; essence,244 f.; dress, etc.,75 f.; performances,68; "most tragic," 10, 135, 245 Translations,198 ff. Trilogy,67 Vegetation-spirit,35, 62 ff. Verisimilitude in art,229, 233 Verrall, A. W.,8, 101, 159, 199 Victorian age,16 "Virtue," 38, 41, 50 War Party,31, 114, 143, 166 Wars, Persian and Peloponnesian. See s.v. Wells, H. G.,160 Whitman, W.,18 Wilamowitz,141, 199 William the Silent,35 "Wisdom," 38, 50, 92, 109, 194 Women in Athens,32 f., 84 ff.; in Euripides,84 ff., 121-126, 137 Xûthus,121-126 Year, Old and New,62 ff. Zeus,206 Zeûxis,170

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