Introduction
Acknowledgements
Definitions
Part One: Summary and Context
1. The Plays, the Eleusinian and Great Dionysia Festival
2. Mysteries and Mystical Initiation in Athens
3. Initiates and Theatre Audiences in Athens
4. Mystery Rituals and Theatre Performances
5. The Polis, Mystery Cults and Civic Ideology
6. Historical Context and Episodes
Part Two: The Plays
7. The Plays and Scholarship
8. Politics in the Plays
9. Mystery Cults and the Choruses
10. Political Implications
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index