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TABLE OF CONTENTS.<br />

CHAPTER I.<br />

The Hymn <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kouretes.<br />

Birth <strong>of</strong> Zeus in Crete. Worship on Dikte and Ida. Discovery <strong>of</strong> Hymn<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Kouretes. Its importance for <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> religion. Analysis <strong>of</strong><br />

Hymn, (1) The Invocation, (2) The Aetiological Myth, (3) The resultant<br />

blessings. Zeus addressed as Kouros. Meaning <strong>of</strong> word Kouros. The<br />

Kouros attended by daimones. Analogy <strong>of</strong> Dionysos and his thiasos.<br />

The birth <strong>of</strong> Zeus. The attendant Kouretes. Mimic death and rebirth in<br />

mysteries <strong>of</strong> Zagreus. The Titans. Ritual <strong>of</strong> death and rebirth explained<br />

by primitive rites <strong>of</strong> tribal initiation. The <strong>social</strong> rebirth as a tribesman.<br />

Initiation as a Rite de passage. Rite <strong>of</strong> rebirth among <strong>the</strong> Wiradthuri <strong>of</strong><br />

New South Wales, among <strong>the</strong> Akikuyu <strong>of</strong> British East Africa. The<br />

Kouretes as paidotropkoi, as armed and orgiastic dancers, as daimones, as<br />

seers, as magicians and culture heroes. The Kouros a projection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Kouretes. The god a projection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> collective emotion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> group,<br />

pp. 1—29.<br />

CHAPTER II.<br />

The Dithyramb, <strong>the</strong> ^pat/xevov and <strong>the</strong> Drama.<br />

The Kouretes on <strong>the</strong> 'stage' <strong>of</strong> Phaedrus in <strong>the</strong> Dionysiac <strong>the</strong>atre.<br />

Dionysos Dithyrambos as Kouros. Meaning <strong>of</strong> Dithyramb. According to<br />

Plato, Dithyramb is a Birth-song <strong>of</strong> Dionysos. Dithyrambos in <strong>the</strong> Bacchae.<br />

Dithyrambos reflects <strong>the</strong> rite <strong>of</strong> Rebirth. The Bacchants reflect <strong>the</strong> Mo<strong>the</strong>rs<br />

<strong>of</strong> a matriarchal society. Dionysos as babe and as Kouros. The Dithyramb<br />

as origin <strong>of</strong> tragedy. The drama and <strong>the</strong> dromenon. Psychological analysis<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dromenon. It is an act pre-done or re-done and done collectively.<br />

The exarchos and <strong>the</strong> protokoures. The mystery-god as ' Kouros.' Dionysos<br />

reflects his thiasos as <strong>the</strong> Kouros reflects <strong>the</strong> Kouretes. pp. 30— 49.

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