| Introduction | |
| Foreword | 3 |
| 1 | Preface | 49 |
| 2 | The Birthplace of the Cult of Dionysus | 52 |
| 3 | The Son of Zeus and Semele | 65 |
| 4 | The Myths of His Epiphany | 74 |
| 5 | The God Who Comes | 79 |
| 6 | The Symbol of the Mask | 86 |
| 7 | Pandemonium and Silence | 92 |
| 8 | The World Bewitched | 95 |
| 9 | The Somber Madness | 103 |
| 10 | Modern Theories | 120 |
| 11 | The Mad God | 133 |
| 12 | The Vine | 143 |
| 13 | Dionysus Revealed in Vegetative Nature | 152 |
| 14 | Dionysus and the Element of Moisture | 160 |
| 15 | Dionysus and the Women | 171 |
| 16 | Ariadne | 181 |
| 17 | The Fate of Dionysus | 189 |
| 18 | Dionysus and Apollo | 202 |
| 19 | Concluding Remarks on Tragedy | 209 |
| Notes | 211 |
| Index | 237 |
| Plate 1. Maenads in ecstasy before Dionysus column | |
| Plate 2. Maenads ladling out wine before Dionysus column | |
| Plate 3. Maenads dancing at the festival of Dionysus | |
| Plate 4. An altar to Semele and her sisters | |
| Plate 5. Maenad dancing before Dionysus mask | |
| Plate 6. Maenad with thyrsus and leopard cup | |
| Plate 7. Hermes bringing new-born Dionysus to nymphs | |
| Plate 8. The panther of Dionysus | |
| Plate 9. A maenad dancing | |
| Plate 10. Dionysus as seafarer. The Exekias cup | |
| Plate 11. Dionysus in a ship with bow shaped like an ass's head | |
| Plate 12. Dionysus and Ariadne accompanied by satyrs | |
| Plate 13. Dionysus and a satyr | |
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