Origins of Theatre in Ancient Greece and Beyond: From Ritual to Drama Book

1. General introduction E. Csapo and M. C. Miller;

Part I. Komasts and Pre-Dramatic Ritual:
2. Introduction T. H. Carpenter;
3. The corpus of Komast vases: from identity to exegesis T. J. Smith;
4. Komasts, mythical imaginary and ritual C. Isler-Kerenyi;
5. Let's hear it for the fat man: padded dancers and the prehistory of drama J. R. Green;
6. Discussion T. H. Carpenter;

Part II. Emergence of Drama:
7. Introduction and discussion G. Nagy;
8. From hymn to tragedy: Aristotle's genealogy of poetic kinds D. Depew;
9. Myths of ritual in Athenian vase-paintings of Silens G. Hedreen;
10. From ritual to narrative M. Steinhart;
11. 'And now all the world shall dance!' (Eur. Bacch. 114): Dionysus' choroi between drama and ritual B. Kowlazig;

Part III. Comparing Other Cultures:
12. Introduction K. C. Patton;
13. Ritual drama in an ancient Egypt R. J. Leprohon;
14. Ritual and performance, dance and drama in ancient Japan G. Zobel;
15. Representation in European devotional rituals: the question of the origin of medieval drama in medieval liturgy N. H. Petersen;
16. Discussion K. C. Patton;

Part IV. From Ritual to Drama:
17. From ritual to drama: a concluding statement R. Seaford.