TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION xi
4. CHAPTER I. OLYMPIAN AND CHTHONIC RITUAL 1
5. CHAPTER IT. THE ANTHESTERIA. THE RITUAL OF GHOSTS AND SPIRITS 32
6. CHAPTER III. HARVEST FESTIVALS. THE THARGELIA, KALLYNTERIA, PLYNTERIA 77
7. CHAPTER IV. THE WOMEN'S FESTIVALS. THESMOPHORIA, ARIIEPHORIA, SKIROPHORIA, STENIA, HALOA 120
8. CHAPTER V. THE DEMONOLOGY OF GHOSTS AND SPRITES AND BOGEYS 163
9. CHAPTER VI. THE MAKING OF A GODDESS 257
10. CHAPTER VII. THE MAKING OF A GOD 322
11. CHAPTER VIII. DIONYSOS 363
12. CHAPTER IX. ORPHEUS 454
13. CHAPTER X. ORPHIC MYSTERIES 478
14. CHAPTER XI. ORPHIC ESCHATOLOGY 572
15. CHAPTER XII. OEPHIC COSMOGONY 624
16. CRITICAL APPENDIX ON THE ORPHIC TABLETS 659
17. INDEX OF CLASSICAL PASSAGES 674
18. INDEX 677