Chapter I
Francis Plumptre Beresford Osmaston translation
THE FORMATIVE PROCESS OF THE CLASSICAL TYPE OF ART
Introduction and Division of subject 189
1. The Degradation of Animalism as such 191
(a) The sacrifice of animals. How regarded by the Greeks 192
(b) The Chase, or examples of such in heroic times 194
(c) Tales of metamorphosis. Illustrations both from Greek and Egyptian traditions 194
2. The Contest between the older and later Dynasties of Gods 201
(a) The oracles whereby the gods attest their presence through natural existences 205
(b) The ancient gods in contradistinction from the new 208
[(α) The Titan natural potences included among the older régime 208
(β) They are the powers of Earth and the stars 208 without spiritual or ethical content. Prometheus. The Erinnyes 209
(γ) The order of these gods is a succession] 215
(c) The conquest of the older régime of gods 217
3. The Positive Conservation of the conditions set up by Negation 220
(a) The Mysteries 220
(b) Preservation of old régime still more obvious in artistic creations. Illustrations from Greek poetry 221
(c) The Nature-basis of the later gods. Nature not in itself divine to the Greek. Illustrations of both points of view 223