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abstract action actor actual Adonis Ainos ancient animals Anthesteria Apollo Apollo Belvedere arose art and ritual ARTHUR THOMSON artist Athenian Athens Bear beauty beginning birth boys carried ceremonies choral dance chorus D. S. MacColl dæmon dancing-place death desire Dionysia Dionysos Dithyramb drama dressed dromena dromenon earth emotion fact feel figures gods Greece Greeks called H. N. BRAILSFORD H. W. C. DAVIS HERBERT FISHER heroes heroic History holy Bull Homer Huichol human imitation L. T. HOBHOUSE leader leap Literature live magical maypole means modern Nature orchestra Osiris painting Panathenaia Peisistratos perhaps plants play practical priest primitive procession PROF Professor of English reaction religion rite round sacred savage says sculpture seasons seen sense social sort spectator spirit Spring Festival Spring Song stage Summer theatre thing tion to-day tree tribe University utter village whole Winter women word young
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