Dramas, magical, to promote vegetation, ii. 120;
for the regulation of the seasons, v. 4 sq.;
to ensure good crops, vii. 187 sq.
——, sacred, as magical rites, ix. 373 sqq.
Dramatic contests of actors representing Summer and Winter, iv. 254 sqq.
—— exhibitions sometimes originate in magical rites, ii. 142
Dramatic performance instituted in time of plague to appease the god, ix. 65
—— representation of the resurrection of Osiris in his rites, vi. 85;
of the corn-spirit, viii. 325
—— rites practised with magical intention, vii. 1