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Excerpt from The Antigone of Sophocles: The Greek d104 Revised and Corrected, With an Introduction, and Critical and Explanatory Notes, for the Use of Academies and Colleges
The Greek Drama, in its origin and growth, was a part of the worship of. Dionysos (bacchus). Its germ lay in the choral hymns and dances performed around the sacrifice burning upon the altar of the god, who was always imagined to be present in the mystic symbols and to take delight in the honors thus offered to him. From this primitive incep tion, in which the rustic villagers of Boeotia sought to ex press their joy and thankfulness for the gifts of the vine god, to its fullest development in the great national theatres, the drama was always deemed an essential requisite of the public service of that divinity, and contributed largely to the splendor of his festivals.
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