The Cambridge classicist argues that art and ritual spring from a common root: the pantomimic dance, the seasonal rites of spring, and the dromenon or ‘thing done’. Tracing the line from the Greek spring festival to drama, the Panathenaic frieze and the Apollo Belvedere, Harrison asks what art is for in modern life.
A short, lucid introduction to the ideas of the Cambridge Ritualists, still stimulating for readers of myth and drama. Download the free EPUB.