Preface; Introduction; 1. The hymn of the Kouretes; 2. The dithyramb, the dromenon and the drama; 3. The Kouretes, the thunder-rites and mana; 4. Magic and tabu; 5. Totemism, sacrament and sacrifice; 6. The dithyramb, the spring festival and the Hagia Triada sarcophagus; 7. The origin of the Olympic Games; 8. Daimon and Hero; 9. From Daimon to Olympian; 10. The Olympians; 11. Themis; Index.

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The revolutionary classical scholar Jane Ellen Harrison pieces together the origins of early Greek religion in this seminal 1927 work.

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