Abdêra,144Achílles,177ff.Acts, book of,21Actaêon,66Aêschylus,11,25,58,59,67,70,121,135,182ff.,186,206,234Agamémnon,153,207Chöêphori,153Euménides,183,234Lycurgeîa,66,182f.,186Pérsae,43,104Promêtheus,66,206,238Seven,43Suppliants,121Agamémnon,133,175-179,206Ágathon,170Ágôn(Contest),64Áîtion(mythical cause),66Alcibîades (ĭ in Greek),110-114Álcman,106Altar, in tragedy,210f.Anaxágoras,30,51f.,58,116Anaximánder,63Apóllo,36,121-126Archelâüs (like "slay us"):(1) philosopher,56;(2) King of Macedon,169Archer, W.,221Architecture of plays,209ff.,215Árete(virtue),38,41,50Argos,112Aristîdes,43,47,49Aristóphanes,25,30f.,74Acharnians,26,77Birds,143Frogs,25,26,114,120,172,191,192Knights,27,46,112Women at the Thesmophória,25,27Áristotle,10,20,129,244,245Athêna,42,131Athens, after Persian War,37ff.,39-42,45,110;ideals of,39-42,109,115;changes in,107-115;and Euripides,30-34,89,99,119,166ff.;constitution of,97f.Atmosphere of play,210f.Augustine,141Biography,21;of Euripides,23Blood-feud,152,153Browning, R.,9Cephîsophon,29,167Chárites (Graces),105Chervil,26Chorus,83,228-242;in dialogue,237f.Clarity in style,13Classicism,199Cleon,58,109f.,118Clytemnéstra,152-157,175-180,206Coleridge,204Comedy.SeeAristophanes, New ComedyConvention in art,201ff.;as opposed to nature,53f.Conversion,141Cornford, F. M.,64,232,234Dance,62,229f.Dêmokêdes,49,194f.Democracy,38ff.,116Deus ex mâchinâ(appearance of a God from a stage machine),64,156f.,160-164,221-227.SeeEpiphanyDickens,33Diógenes of Apollonia,56Dionŷsus,64f.;his ritual,64f.;festival,68;in Bacchae,188Drama, Greek.SeeTragedymediaeval liturgical,62,65;Elizabethan,60,235Elizabethans,60,235Elmsley,9Empire, Athenian,108-110"Enlightenment,"48,96,116.SeeIdeasEphêbi,43Epicûrus,20Epiphany,64,156f.,160-164.See Deus ex MâchinâEurípides: birth,22,35;death,171f.;biography,23ff.;portrait,28;father,35;mother,26f.,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,10ff.;relation to Athens,30f.,89,99,119ff.,126,166ff.;and Comedy,30;attitude to women,28,32ff.,84ff.,121-126;style,237f.;technique,125,198ff.;battle pieces,104Euripides' Ode on Alcibiades,113Epitaph on those slain in Sicily,144Aêgeus,98Aêolus,78Alcéstis,70,72f.,88Alcmaêonin Corinth,173Alcmaêonin Psophis,71,73f.Alexánder,137-139Álope,121Andrómache(like "from a key"),98,112,163,210,224Andrómeda,143-145Antîope(ĭ in Greek),239Aûge,121Bacchae,9,19,173,181-190,195ff.Bellerophóntes,101,190Children of Héracles,93f.,98,210Cretans,79Cretan Women,71,77Cŷclops,70Danaë,121Daughters of Pélias,69f.,81Eléctra,138,152-157,195,219f.,224,240Eréchtheus,98Hécuba,89-90,143,163,187,229Hélena,142,146-148,163,192Héracles,99-105,191,197,210,234,239Hippólytus,85-88,163,191ff.,210,213f.,217-219,224,236,238Îon,79,119-126,192,199Îphigenîa in Aulis,173-181,191Îphigenîa in Tauris,101,142,145-146,163,210,229,234,238Medêa,32,81-86,90,143,163,187,192,206,229,240-242Melaníppe,27,121Oréstes,158-163,168,191,195,229Palamêdes,137,139f.Phoeníssae,148-152,163Rhêsus,44,71,224Suppliant Women,94-98,111,210,234Têlephus,72,74ff.Thêseus,92Trojan Women,130-137,140ff.,191,210,234,236.Forgiveness, doctrine of,162-164Frazer, J. G.,64Freedom of Thought,58,96French Revolution,118Gellius,25Glover,141Gods,191-192;on stage,156f.See Deus ex MâchinâGoethe,10,245Graces, The,105Grenfell,24Haigh,232Hardy, T.,234Harrison, J. E.,64,222Hecataêus,49Helen,162Hellenism,39Héracles, Children of,41.See underEuripidesHeraclîtus,63Herd, The,193f.,196Heroes,65f.Heródotus,20,39-42,53f.,107Hêsiod,47Hippócrates,21Historical Spirit,199f.Homer,36,131,229Horace,222Hubris,63,128Hunt,24Hygiaînon,167Hypérbolus,110f.Ibsen,9,33,206Ideas,45f.,116Immortality,36Initiations,36Innocents, Massacre of,65Iônia,45ff.,49,51Jâson,82-85,206Johnson, S.,211Law,39ff.Leicester, Earl of,60Lincoln, Abraham,231Macaulay,9Macedonia,169-173Magnêsia,169Mary Magdalen,65Masks,75Mediaeval Drama,62,65Mégara,44Melian Dialogue,127-130Mêlos,127-132,194Memory,106f.,242Menánder.SeeNew ComedyMenelâüs ("slay us"),113,158ff.,176f.,206Meredith, G.,103,203Messenger,214-220Milêtus, Fall of,66Military Service,43,101f.,105Miltîades (ĭ in Greek),43,49Milton,9,208Mnesílochus,29Muses,34,105Mysteries,36Mystery Plays,62,65,185Mysticism,8,163Nature, opposed to Convention,53f.Nelson, Horatio,231Neîrekepta,230Nestlé,8New Comedy,173f.,201f."Nómos."SeeConventionNorwood, G.,8Old Age,166Old Year,63f.Olympic Games,113Oréstes,66,153ff.See underEuripidesParian Marble,22Paris, Gaston,61Pasíphaë,79Patriotism,98.SeePlays, patrioticPaul,141Peasants, Greek,46f.,117Peloponnêsian War,91,94,107-110Péntheus,66,181ff.Péricles,43,52,58,91,108f.Persians,37Persian War,37,48Phaêdra,86-88,213f.Philóchorus,24ff.,27Philodêmus,168Phlŷa,35f.,46Phrŷnichus,42Phûsis(ŭ in Greek).SeeNaturePindar,48,121,140